Our Unconscionable National Debt
Floor Speech
Issues: Government Budget and Spending
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Mr. COFFMAN. 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 $19,362,032,846,861.90. We've added $8,735,155,797,948.82 to our debt in 7 years. This is over $8.7 trillion in debt our nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided with a balanced budget amendment.
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