[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 22 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S2079]
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, at the close of business yesterday, 
Thursday, February 2, the Federal debt stood at $4,814,204,062,209.10. 
On a per capita basis, every man, woman, and child in America therefore 
owes $18,274.80 as his or her share of that debt.

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