[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 17, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1262]
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                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

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                           HON. MIKE COFFMAN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 17, 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 $15,875,734,673,516.05. We've added 
$5,248,857,624,602.97 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 1945, President Harry Truman, Soviet leader Joseph 
Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met at the opening 
of the Potsdam Conference. We must balance the budget so that we may 
continue to meet and lead other great world powers.

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