[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S1396]
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\1/2\ 
trillion.
  To be exact, as of the close of business yesterday, Monday, January 
23, the Federal debt, down to the penny, at $4,796,793,782,628.86--
meaning that every man, woman, and child in America now owes $18,208.71 
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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