[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 85 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1017]
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                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

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                           HON. MIKE COFFMAN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 7, 2012

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, on January 20, 2009, the day 
President Obama took office, the national debt was 
$10,626,877,048,913.08.
  Today, it is $15,734,596,578,458.59. We've added 
$5,107,719,529,545.51 to our debt in just over 3 years. This is debt 
our Nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided with a 
balanced budget amendment.
  On this day in 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the 
Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of 
Independence. We have squandered our independence by shackling 
ourselves with this national debt.

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