[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 7, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E154-E155]
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, February 7, 2012

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, on January 26, 1995, when the 
last attempt at a balanced budget amendment passed the House by a 
bipartisan vote of 300-132, the national debt was 
$4,801,405,175,294.28.
  Today, it is $15,337,881,657,918.14. We've added 
$10,536,476,482,623.86 dollars to our debt in 16 years. This is $10 
trillion in debt our nation, our economy, and our children could

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have avoided with a balanced budget amendment.

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