[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 79 (Tuesday, June 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 21, 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's 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 Monday, June 20, the 
Federal debt stood--down to the penny--at $4,592,530,655,789.90. This 
means that every man, woman, and child in America owes $17,515.41, 
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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