[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 171 (Wednesday, November 18, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2799-E2800]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

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                           HON. MIKE COFFMAN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 18, 2009

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Madam Speaker, this morning our national 
debt was $12,039,319,107,488.80. I should note this week is the first 
time our debt has broken the 12 trillion level. We have added 
$8,019,921,198.73 to the national debt since yesterday.
  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 $1,400,893,361,195 so far this 
year.
  According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the 
forecast deficit for this year

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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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