[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 17 (Friday, January 27, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S1704]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


            WAS CONGRESS IRRESPONSIBLE?--THE VOTERS SAID YES

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, as of the close of business on Thursday, 
January 26, the Federal debt stood at $4,801,405,175,294.28 meaning 
that on a per capita basis, every man, woman, and child in America owes 
$18,226.22 as his or her share of that debt.

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