He and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided by the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and are touched by the kind messages and well wishes he received. He sends his warmest wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season to all.

That's it. He put people first. And it was a big part of why President Clinton was the first Democrat to be reelected since FDR.

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Under President Clinton federal government spending as a share of the economy decreased from 22.2 percent in 1992 to a projected 18.5 percent in 2000, the lowest since 1966.

According to the New York Times, a comprehensive analysis showed child poverty has fallen 59 percent since 1993, due in large part to President Clinton’s legislation.

What's more progressive than ensuring our kids aren't poor?

www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/u...

He signed landmark bipartisan welfare reform legislation in 1996. Since then, caseloads have been drastically cut, and millions of parents have joined the workforce.

Once President Clinton’s Economic Plan passed in 1993, the poverty rate in America declined from 15.1 percent to 11.8 percent.

After years of stagnant income growth among average and lower income families, all income brackets experienced double-digit growth under President Clinton’s leadership. The bottom 20 percent saw the largest income growth at 16.3 percent.

The deficit was $290 billion in 1993. By the end of President Clinton’s presidency, America had a surplus of $236 billion, which was the largest surplus in US history at the time.

The federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2024 is estimated to be $1.8 trillion.

Thanks to President Clinton’s call to save the surplus for debt reduction, Social Security, and Medicare solvency, America put its fiscal house in order.

Had his policies stayed in place, America would have been on track to pay off the ENTIRE debt by 2013.

Instead, today, America has a whopping 36 trillion dollars in debt.

President Clinton paid off $360 billion of the national debt—the largest 3-year debt pay-down in American history.

President Clinton’s strong economy and fiscal discipline kept interest rates low, making it possible for more families to buy homes. The homeownership rate increased from 64.2 percent in 1992 to 67. 7 percent - at the time, the highest in the country's history.

Unemployment dropped from more than 7% in 1993 to just 4.0% in November 2000.

Rates for Black Americans and Latinos fell to the lowest rates on record, and the rate for women was the lowest in more than 40 years.

That same strategy resulted in ***more than 22 MILLION*** jobs created in less than eight years of the Clinton Administration -- the most ever under a single administration, and more than were created in the previous twelve years combined.

President Clinton’s strategy of fiscal discipline, open markets and investments in the American people helped create the conditions for a record 115 months of economic expansion.