[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 10, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S688]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          WAS CONGRESS IRRESPONSIBLE? THE VOTERS SAID ``YES''

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, before contemplating today's bad news about 
the Federal debt, let's have a little pop quiz: How many million 
dollars would you say are in a trillion dollars? In answering, remember 
that Congress has run up a debt exceeding $4\1/2\ trillion.
  To be exact, as of the close of business yesterday, Monday, January 
9, the Federal debt--down to the penny--at $4,795,838,481,378.56. This 
means that every man, woman, and child in America owes $18,205.09 
computed on a per capita basis.
  Mr. President, to answer the pop quiz question--how many million in a 
trillion?--there are a million millions in a trillion, for which you 
can thank the U.S. Congress for the present Federal debt of $4\1/2\ 
trillion.

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