[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 95 (Thursday, June 21, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1125]
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                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

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                           HON. MIKE COFFMAN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 21, 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 $15,777,954,587,181.97. We've added 
$5,151,077,538,268.89 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 1788, the Constitution of the United States went into 
effect when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it. The 
Constitution, which strove to form a more perfect Union and promote the 
general Welfare, is being crushed by the weight of our national debt.

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