[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 17 (Tuesday, February 5, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E99-E100]
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, February 5, 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 $16,475,048,398,165.79. We've added 
$5,847,087,102,235.12 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.

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We must stop this unconscionable accumulation of debt.

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