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Article: Remarks at an AFL-CIO Reception.(American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations)(Brief Article)(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- October 16, 2000
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October 6, 2000
Thank you. Well, first of all, madam, I want to thank you for letting all these fairly scruffy characters come in your home. [Laughter] Many of us are well-accompanied, though. [Laughter]
You know, I was thinking. We had Morty and Linda and John and I up here talking. This is an introduction that looks like America. We span these vast ethnic gaps. We had an Irish-Catholic and Irish-Protestant at the end. [Laughter] Thank you, Morty, and thank you for having us here, and thank you for being such good friends to me.
You know, I really believe in this issue. John and I worked very hard together to beat that initiative in California ...