[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 3, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S6032]
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 our little pop quiz once more:
  Question: How many million dollars are in $1 trillion? While you are 
arriving at an answer, bear in mind 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, May 2, the exact 
Federal debt--down to the penny--stood at $4,859,125,275,200.95. This 
means that every man, woman and child in America now owes $18,445.32 
computed on a per-capita basis.
  Mr. President, back to the pop quiz: How many million in a trillion? 
There are a million million in a trillion.


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