[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10714]
[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

                        Thursday, June 28, 2012

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, on January 20, 2009, the day 
President Obama took office, the national debt was 
$10,626,877,048,913.08.
  Today, it is $15,778,950,543,472.67. We've added 
$5,152,073,494,559.59 to our debt in just over 3 years. This is debt 
our nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided with a 
balanced budget amendment.
  On this day in 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris, 
ending World War I. Without a balanced budget, the United States will 
no longer be able to bring peace to warring nations.

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