[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 542]
[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 31, 2012

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, on January 26, 1995, when the 
last attempt at 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 $15,295,052,578,718.01. We've added 
$10,493,647,403,423.73 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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