[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 170 (Tuesday, November 17, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2788]
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                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

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                           HON. MIKE COFFMAN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 17, 2009

  Mr. Coffman of Colorado. Madam Speaker, this morning our national 
debt was $12,031,299,186,290.07. I should note this is the first time 
the debt has broken the 12 trillion level. We have added 
$39,792,309,877.00 to the national debt since yesterday.
  On January 6th, 2009, the start of the 111th Congress, the national 
debt was $10,638,425,746,293.80.
  The national debt has increased by $1,392,873,439,996.27 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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