[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1775]
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, October 5, 2011

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, today our national debt is 
$14,856,859,498,405.73.
  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 $ 4,218,433,752,111.93 
since then. This debt and its interest payments we are passing to our 
children and all future Americans.

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