[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 171 (Wednesday, November 1, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S16469]
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                         THE BAD DEBT BOXSCORE

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, the impression will not go away: The $4.9 
trillion Federal debt stands today as a sort of grotesque parallel to 
television's energizer bunny that appears and appears and appears in 
precisely the same way that the Federal debt keeps going up and up and 
up.
  Politicians like to talk a good game--and talk is the operative 
word--about reducing the Federal deficit and bringing the Federal debt 
under control. But watch how they vote. Control, Mr. President. As of 
Tuesday, October 31 at the close of business, the total Federal debt 
stood at exactly $4,985,262,110,021.06 or $18,924.14 per man, woman, 
child on a per capita basis. Res ipsa loquitur.
  Some control.

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