[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 22, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S4359]
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's do that little pop quiz again. Today's 
question, again, is: How many million dollars are in $1 trillion? When 
you arrive at an answer, bear in mind that it was Congress that ran up 
a debt now exceeding $4.8 trillion.
  Now then, to be exact, as of the close of business yesterday, 
Tuesday, March 21, the total federal debt--down to the penny--stood at 
$4,843,694,087,008.02--meaning that every man, woman and child in 
America now owes $18,386.75 computed on a per capita basis.
  Mr. President, back to that 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 monstrous Federal debt exceeding $4.8 
trillion.


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