[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 1 (Thursday, January 3, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E9]
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                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

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                           HON. MIKE COFFMAN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 3, 2013

  Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January 3, 2009, the day I took office, 
the national debt was $10,627,961,295,930.67.
  Today, it is $16,432,705,914,255.48. We've added 
$5,804,744,618,324.81 to our debt in 4 years. This is a $5.8 trillion 
in debt our nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided 
with a Balanced Budget Amendment. I have advocated for a Balanced 
Budget Amendment since I was sworn in for this very reason.
  I will be once more forming the Balanced Budget Amendment Caucus to 
fight for a return to fiscal responsibility. We must stop this 
unconscionable accumulation of debt.

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