[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 103 (Thursday, June 16, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  AMERICA'S ASTRONOMICAL NATIONAL DEBT

  (Mr. WESTERMAN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WESTERMAN. Madam Speaker, our current national debt is not only 
huge, it is astronomical. As of today, the national debt exceeds over 
$30 trillion. To put that in perspective, that amount in $100 bills 
laid side by side would circle the Earth over 1,167 times. If stacked, 
it would reach the International Space Station 80 times.
  The debt crisis is truly out of this world, and yet my colleagues 
across the aisle would rather spend even more money on unnecessary 
programs with unrealistic goals. Effects of the debt are already being 
felt in the form of record-high inflation and gas prices, but perhaps 
the greatest tragedy is that it will be our children and our children's 
children who will ultimately foot the bill.

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