[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 26, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S5725]
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 have that little pop quiz again:
  Question: How many million dollars are in $1 trillion? While you are 
arriving at an answer, remember that it was the U.S. Congress that ran 
up the Federal debt that now exceeds $4.8 trillion.
  To be exact, as of the close of business Tuesday, April 25, the total 
Federal debt--down to the penny--stood at $4,842,767,648,608.66--
meaning that every man, woman, and child in America now owes $18,383.23 
computed on a per capita basis.
  Mr. President, again to answer 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 exceeding 
$4.8 trillion.


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