[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 164 (Thursday, November 5, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2730]
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                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

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                           HON. MIKE COFFMAN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 5, 2009

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Madam Speaker, this morning our national 
debt was $11,978,953,722,825.90.
  On January 6, 2009, the start of the 111th Congress, the national 
debt was $10,638,425,746,293.80.
  The national debt has increased by $1,340,527,976,532.10 so far this 
year.
  According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the 
forecast deficit for this year is $1.6 trillion. That means that so far 
this year, we borrowed and spent $4.4 billion a day more than we have 
collected, passing that debt and its interest payments to our children 
and all future Americans.

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