[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 26, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1140]
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, June 26, 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 $15,782,570,144,097.96. We've added 
$5,155,693,095,184.88 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.
  Forty-nine years ago today, John F. Kennedy delivered his Ich bin ein 
Berliner speech in West Berlin. At that time, America had the economic 
security to challenge her communist foe. We must rid ourselves of this 
crippling debt.

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