[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 26 (Thursday, February 29, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1448]
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                         THE BAD DEBT BOXSCORE

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, 4 years ago I commenced these daily reports 
to the Senate to make a matter of record the exact Federal debt as of 
the close of business the previous day.
  In that report (February 27, 1992) the Federal debt stood at 
$3,825,891,293,066.80, as of the close of business the previous day. 
The point is, the federal debt has escalated by $1,190,735,080,843.14 
since February 26, 1992.
  As of the close of business yesterday, February 28, 1996, the Federal 
debt stood at exactly $5,016,626,373,909.94. On a per capita basis, 
every man, woman and child in America owes $19,041.54 as his or her 
share of the Federal debt.

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