[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3747]
[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, March 20, 2012

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, George W. Bush was inaugurated, 
the national debt was $5,727,776,738,304.64. When Barack Obama was 
inaugurated, the national debt was $10,626,877,048,913.08. This was a 
$4,899,100,310,608.44 increase in 8 years. Last week, the debt climbed 
to $15,574,238,368,104.89, which means that President Obama has raised 
the debt more in just over 3 years than President Bush did in 8 years.
  This is debt our nation, our economy, and our children could have 
avoided with a balanced budget amendment.

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