[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 185 (Thursday, December 10, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2932]
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, December 9, 2009

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Madam Speaker, today our national debt is 
$12,091,292,877,094.86. We have increased the national debt 
$5,120,762,726.63 since just yesterday.
  On January 6, 2009, the start of the 111th Congress, the national 
debt was $10,638,425,746,293.80.
  This means the national debt has increased by $1,452,867,130,801.06 
so far this year.
  According to the nonpartisan 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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