[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 190 (Thursday, November 30, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S17860]
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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 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.
  Mr. President, as of the close of business, Wednesday, November 29, 
the total Federal debt stood at exactly $4,988,882,588,134.46 or 
$18,937.88 per man, woman, child, on a per capita basis. Res ipsa 
loquitur.
  Some control.

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