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Our Unconscionable National Debt

Volume
Volume 158 , Number 51
Pages
Pages E471
Legislative Body
Extensions of Remarks
Date
Wed, March 28, 2012

Rep. Mike Coffman

legislator photo
Party
R
State
CO

Mr. Speaker, on January 20, 2009, the day President Obama took office, the national debt was

Today, it is $15,589,407,415,161.70. We've added $4,962,530,366,248.62 to our debt in 3 years. This is debt our nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided with a balanced budget amendment.