[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 94 (Monday, June 24, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S6718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THE VERY BAD DEBT BOXSCORE

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, 4 years ago when I commenced these daily 
reports to the Senate it was my purpose to make a matter of daily 
record the exact Federal debt as of the close of business the previous 
day.
  In my very first report on February 27, 1992, the Federal debt the 
previous day stood at $3,825,891,293,066.80, at the close of business. 
The Federal debt has, of course, shot further into the stratosphere 
since then.
  Mr. President, at the close of business this past Friday, June 21, a 
total of $1,283,809,880,199.26 had been added to the Federal debt since 
February 26, 1992, meaning that the exact Federal debt stood at 
$5,109,701,173,266.06. On a per capita basis, every man, woman, and 
child in America owes $19,271.14 as his or her share of the Federal 
debt.

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