[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 299-300]
[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

                       Tuesday, January 24, 2012

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, on January 26, 1995, when the 
last attempt at

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a balanced budget amendment passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 
300-132, the national debt was $4,801,405,175,294.28.
  Today, it is $15,236,245,309,869.69. We've added 
$10,434,840,134,575.41 dollars to our debt in 16 years. This is $10 
trillion in debt our nation, our economy, and our children could have 
avoided with a balanced budget amendment.

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