[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22814]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  NATIONAL DEBT CONTINUES TO INCREASE

  (Mr. MOORE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, it has been 867 days since the administration 
began implementation of their economic plan for our country. During 
that time our national debt has increased by $1,159,358,743,968, 
according to the Bureau of the Public Debt at the Treasury Department. 
Yesterday at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the Nation's outstanding 
debt, the total debt, was $6,799,684,130,327. Further, in fiscal year 
2003, the interest on our national debt, what I call the debt tax, 
D-E-B-T tax, is $304,978,878,641 through August 31.
  Mr. Speaker, our country, the administration and Congress needs to 
return to fiscal responsibility.

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