[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 105 (Tuesday, July 14, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H8035]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  OUR NATIONAL DEBT OF $11.5 TRILLION

  (Mr. WESTMORELAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, as we heard a previous speaker say, 
the national debt right now, as of June 30, stood at $11.5 trillion.
  How much is 1 trillion? Does everybody know how much 1 trillion is, 
Mr. Speaker? I don't know, but I would like to explain it. One million 
seconds, 1 million seconds is a little over 11 days. One billion 
seconds is 31 years and 8 months, 31 years and 8 months for 1 billion 
seconds. How many years is 1 trillion seconds? One trillion seconds is 
31,710 years; 31,710 years is made up by 1 trillion seconds.
  Mr. Speaker, if I were to give somebody $1,000 a second, 60 seconds a 
minute, 60 minutes an hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a 
year, 365 days, it would take me 31.7 years to spend $1 trillion.

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