[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22114]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           THE NATIONAL DEBT

  (Mr. MICHAUD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, it has been 859 days since President Bush 
and the Republican Party embarked on their economic plan of our 
country. During that time the national debt has increased by 
$1,169,750,943,211.93. According to the Web site for the Bureau of 
Public Debt at the U.S. Treasury yesterday at 4:30 p.m. eastern 
daylight time the national outstanding debt was $6,810,076,329,570.70.
  Furthermore, in fiscal year 2003, interest on our national debt, or 
the ``debt tax'' is $304,978,878,641.11 through August 31.

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