[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 144 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 6, 1994]
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         IS CONGRESS IRRESPONSIBLE? YOU BE THE JUDGE ABOUT THAT

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, before we contemplate 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 have 
arrived at an answer, just remember that Congress has run up a Federal 
debt exceeding $4\1/2\ trillion.
  To be exact, as of the close of business yesterday, Wednesday, 
October 5, the Federal debt stood--down to the penny--at 
$,692,972,690,839.51 meaning that every man, woman and child in America 
owes $18,000.67 computed on a per capital basis.
  Mr. President, to answer the pop quiz question--how many million in a 
trillion?--there are a million million dollars in a trillion, for which 
you can thank the U.S. Congress which owes more than $4\1/2\ trillion.

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