[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 19 (Monday, February 6, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E144]
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                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

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                           HON. MIKE COFFMAN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, February 6, 2012

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, our 40th president, Ronald 
Wilson Reagan, was born on this date in 1911, making him 101 years old 
today. On President Reagan's 98th birthday, 17 days after President 
Obama took office, the national debt was $10,717,280,371,345.89.
  Today, it is $15,335,108,283,338.57. We've added 
$4,617,827,911,992.68 to our debt in 3 years. This is $4.5 trillion in 
debt our nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided with 
a balanced budget amendment.

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