[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1799-S1800]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          WAS CONGRESS IRRESPONSIBLE? THE VOTERS HAVE SAID YES

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, before contemplating today's bad news about 
the Federal debt, let us have that little pop quiz one more time: How 
many million dollars are in a trillion dollars? 
[[Page S1800]] 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, Monday, January 
30, the Federal debt, down to the penny, at 
$4,803,795,968,326.50--meaning that every man, woman, and child in 
American now owes $18,235.29 computed on a per capita basis.
  Mr. President, to respond once more to 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 existing Federal debt of 
$4.8 trillion.


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