[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22203]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         STOP DEFICIT SPENDING

  (Mr. ROSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, it has been 860 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 
$1,167,994,451,600.72. According to the Web site for the Bureau of the 
Public Debt at the U.S. Department of Treasury, yesterday at 4:30 p.m. 
eastern daylight time the Nation's outstanding debt was 
$6,808,319,837,959.49. Furthermore, in fiscal year 2003, interest on 
our national debt or the debt tax, D-E-B-T tax, is $304,978,878,641.11. 
That is through August 31.
  Mr. Speaker, we must stop deficit spending and pay this debt down.

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