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On the recordDecember 12, 1991
We're going to try in the State of the Union Message to make a proposal that won't make matters worse out of good intentions but will make them better.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Teleconference Remarks to the 1991 Congress of Cities

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