[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 40 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3465-S3466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                            MORNING BUSINESS

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                      WAS CONGRESS IRRESPONSIBLE?
                       THE VOTERS HAVE SAID YES!

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, as of the close of business on Thursday, 
March 2, the Federal debt stood at $4,851,006,718,917.40 meaning that 
on a per capita basis, every man, woman, and child in America owes 
$18,414.50 as his or her share of that debt.

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  ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION--MESSAGE FROM THE 
              PRESIDENT RECEIVED DURING THE RECESS--PM 25

  Under the authority of the order of January 4, 1995, the Secretary of 
the Senate, on Wednesday, March 1, 1995, during the recess of the 
Senate, received the following message from the President of the United 
States, together with an accompanying report; which was referred to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with section 308 of Public Law 97-449 (49 U.S.C. 
308(a)), I transmit herewith the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the 
Department of Transportation, which covers fiscal year 1993.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, March 1, 1995.

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