[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 152 (Friday, November 30, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1853-E1854]
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

                       Friday, November 30, 2012

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, on January 20, 2009, the day 
President

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Obama took office, the national debt was $10,626,877,048,913.08.
  Today, it is $16,306,713,138,468.87. We've added 
$5,679,836,089,555.79 to our debt in 4 years. This is $5 trillion in 
debt our Nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided with 
a balanced budget amendment.

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