[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S1023]
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 do that little pop quiz again: How many million 
dollars are in a trillion dollars? (When you arrive at an answer, 
remember that it was Congress that ran up a debt exceeding $4.8 
trillion.
  To be exact, as of the close of business yesterday, Tuesday, January 
17, the Federal debt (down to the penny) at $4,802,867,735,976.01--
remaining that every man, woman, and child in America now owes 
$18,231.09 computed on a per capita basis.
  Mr. President, to answer the pop quiz question (how many million in a 
trillion?) there are a million million in a trillion, and you can thank 
the U.S. Congress for the present Federal debt of $4\1/2\ trillion.

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