[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 22, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E47]
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

                       Tuesday, January 22, 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 $16,432,619,424,703.06. We've added 
$5,804,658,128,772.39 to our debt in 4 years. This is $5.8 trillion in 
debt our nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided with 
a Balanced Budget Amendment. We must stop this unconscionable 
accumulation of debt.

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