[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 59 (Friday, May 13, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 13, 1994]
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            IRRESPONSIBLE CONGRESS? HERE IS TODAY'S BOXSCORE

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, before we ponder today's bad news about the 
Federal debt, let us have a little pop quiz: How many million would you 
say are in a trillion? And when you figure that out, just consider that 
Congress has run up a debt exceeding $4\1/2\ trillion.
  To be exact, as of the close of business on Thursday, May 12, the 
Federal debt stood--down to the penny--at $4,577,406,243,429.53. This 
means that every man, woman, and child in America owes $17,577.40, 
computed on a per capita basis.
  Mr. President, to answer the question how many million in a trillion, 
there are a million, million in a trillion. I remind you, the Federal 
Government, thanks to the U.S. Congress owes more than $4\1/2\ 
trillion.

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