[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S9157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THE VERY BAD DEBT BOXSCORE

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, four years ago when I commenced these daily 
reports to the Senate I wanted to make a matter of daily record the 
exact Federal debt as of the close of business the previous day.
  In my 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. (At the close of business yesterday, Monday, July 29, an 
additional $1,356,563,675,813.41 had been added to the Federal debt 
since February 26, 1992.)
  That means, Mr. President, that the exact Federal debt stood 
yesterday at $5,182,454,968,880.21, which on a per capita basis means 
that every man, woman, and child in America owes $19,527.65 as his or 
her share of the Federal debt.

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