[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 159 (Tuesday, December 11, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1898]
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                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

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                           HON. MIKE COFFMAN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 11, 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 $16,370,056,245,929.64. We've added 
$5,743,179,197,016.56 to our debt in nearly 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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