[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18958]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    REPUBLICAN ECONOMIC PLAN CAUSES SKYROCKETING DEBT FOR OUR NATION

  (Mr. THOMPSON of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, it has been 802 days since 
President Bush and the Republican Party embarked on their economic plan 
for our country. During that time, the national debt has increased by 
$1,81,528,804,140.
  According to the U.S. Department of Treasury, yesterday at 4:30 p.m. 
eastern standard time, the Nation's outstanding debt was 
$6,721,854,190,498.
  Furthermore, in fiscal year 2003, interest on our national debt, or 
the debt tax, is $277,768,492,816 through June 30.

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