[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S7385]
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 turning to today's bad news and it 
is terrible about the Federal debt, let us go through our pop quiz 
routine once more. You remember--one question, one answer:
  Question: How many million dollars in $1 trillion? While you are 
arriving at an answer, let us acknowledge 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 yesterday, Tuesday, May 23, 
the Federal debt--down to the penny--stood at $4,885,334,984,188.51, 
meaning that every man, woman, and child in America now owes $18,544.81 
computed on a per capita basis.
  Mr. President, how many million in a trillion? There are a million 
million in a trillion, and the Federal debt now exceeds four million 
million, 885 billion dollars. Get the picture?


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