[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E932]
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

                         Tuesday, May 25, 2010

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Madam Speaker, today our national debt is 
$12,987,796,841,336.51.
  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 $ 2,350,669,663,237.20 
so far this Congress. The debt has increased $1,298,568,194.50 just 
since yesterday
  This debt and its interest payments we are passing to our children 
and all future Americans.

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