[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1849]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

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                           HON. MIKE COFFMAN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 24, 2010

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Madam Speaker, today our national debt is 
12,409,374,679,862.09.
  On January 6th, 2009, the start of the 111th Congress, the national 
debt was $10,638,425,746,293.80.
  This means the national debt has increased by $1,770,948,933,568.29 
so far this Congress. The debt has increased $6,347,500,206.80 since 
just yesterday.
  This debt and its interest payments we are passing to our children 
and all future Americans.

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