[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 176 (Thursday, December 12, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1863]
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                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

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                           HON. MIKE COFFMAN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 12, 2013

  Mr. COFFMAN. 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 $17,222,454,811,203.79. We've added 
$6,595,577,762,290.71 to our debt in 4 years. This is $6.5 trillion in 
debt our nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided with 
a balanced budget amendment.

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