[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 186 (Friday, December 11, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2980]
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                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

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                           HON. MIKE COFFMAN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 11, 2009

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Madam Speaker, on December 10, 2009, our 
national debt was $12,079,739,352,131.13.
  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 $1,441,313,605,837.33 
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 an average $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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