[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 124 (Thursday, August 25, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 25, 1994]
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         IS CONGRESS IRRESPONSIBLE? YOU BE THE JUDGE ABOUT THAT

  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 dollars 
would you say are in a trillion dollars? And when you answer that, just 
remember that Congress has run up a debt exceeding $4\1/2\ trillion.
  To be exact, as of the close of business this past Wednesday, August 
24, the Federal debt stood--down to the penny--at $4,676,085,711,642.38 
meaning that every man, woman and child in America owes $17,935.90 
computed on a per capita basis.
  Mr. President, to answer the question--how many million in a 
trillion?--there are a million million dollars in a trillion dollars. I 
remind you, the Federal Government, thanks to the U.S. Congress, owes 
more than $4\1/2\ trillion.

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