[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1595]
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

                      Thursday, September 20, 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 $16,012,971,761,294.54. We've added 
$5,386,094,712,381.46 to our debt in 3.5 years. This is $5.4 trillion 
in debt our nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided 
with a balanced budget amendment.

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