[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 199 (Thursday, December 14, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S18590-S18591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         THE BAD DEBT BOXSCORE

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, the impression will not go away: The $4.98 
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. 

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  Mr. President, as of the close of business, Wednesday, December 13, 
the total Federal debt stood at exactly $4,988,313,115,981.39 or 
$18,935.72 per man, woman, child on a per capita basis. Res ipsa 
loquitur.

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