[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E117-E118]
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 27, 2015

  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 $18,086,335,602,055.12. We've added 
$7,459,458,553,142.04 to our debt in 6 years. This is over $7.4 
trillion in debt our nation, our economy, and our children could

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have avoided with a balanced budget amendment.

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