[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 3 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT
(Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado asked and was given permission to address
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Madam Speaker, today our national debt is
$14.01 trillion. It rolled over to above $14 trillion for the first
time on New Year's Eve last week. On January 6, 2009, the start of the
111th Congress, the national debt was at $10.63 trillion. This means
the national debt has increased by $3.38 trillion since then--in just 2
short years. This debt and its interest payments we are passing to our
children and to all future Americans.
I have been submitting, and will continue to submit, this debt to the
Congressional Record daily, and I will continue to do so until
Washington takes responsibility and ends its reckless spending
addiction.
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