[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21275]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                 DAILY BLUE DOG REPORT ON NATIONAL DEBT

  (Mr. SANDLIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SANDLIN. Mr. Speaker, it is time for the daily Blue Dog report.
  Mr. Speaker, it has been 847 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 
$1,161,083,093,278.33. According to the Web site for the Bureau of the 
Public Debt at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, yesterday at 4:30 
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the Nation's outstanding debt was 
$6,801,408,479,637.10. Furthermore, in fiscal year 2003, interest on 
our national debt, or the debt tax, is $288,803,184,023 through July 
31, the interest alone running at $1 billion per day.
  We must pay down this debt. We must have fiscal responsibility in 
this country.
  Mr. Speaker, that is the daily Blue Dog report.

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