[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 54 (Monday, April 16, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E527-E528]
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

                         Monday, April 16, 2012

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, on January 20, 2009, the day 
President

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Obama took office, the national debt was $10,626,877,048,913.08.
  Today, it is $15,615,726,037,322.66. We've added 
$4,988,848,988,409.58 to our debt in 3 years. This is debt our nation, 
our economy, and our children could have avoided with a balanced budget 
amendment.

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