[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 12276-12277]
[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

                        Wednesday, July 25, 2012

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, on January 20, 2009, the day 
President

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Obama took office, the national debt was $10,626,877,048,913.08.
  Today, it is $15,882,491,122,065.69. We've added 
$5,255,614,073,152.61 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.

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