[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 13, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E140]
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

                      Wednesday, February 13, 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 $16,498,229,961,731.67. We've added $5,970,268,665,801 
to our debt in 4 years. This is a $5.9 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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