[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 214]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL DEBT

  (Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Madam Speaker, today our national debt is 
$14.01 trillion. It rolled over to above $14 trillion for the first 
time on New Year's Eve last week. On January 6, 2009, the start of the 
111th Congress, the national debt was at $10.63 trillion. This means 
the national debt has increased by $3.38 trillion since then--in just 2 
short years. This debt and its interest payments we are passing to our 
children and to all future Americans.
  I have been submitting, and will continue to submit, this debt to the 
Congressional Record daily, and I will continue to do so until 
Washington takes responsibility and ends its reckless spending 
addiction.

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