[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21146]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           THE NATIONAL DEBT

  (Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, it has been 846 days since 
President Bush and the Republican Party embarked on their economic plan 
for our country. Do the Members realize that during that time the 
national debt has increased by $1,152,231,363,445 and some few odd 
cents and according to the Web site for the Bureau of the Public Debt 
at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, at 4:30 p.m. yesterday, eastern 
daylight time, the Nation's debt was $6,792,556,749,803 and some few 
odd cents?

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  Now, you study that for a moment. Furthermore, in fiscal year 2003, 
interest on our national debt, a debt tax, is $288,803,184,023 and some 
few odd cents through July 31 of this year.

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