On the recordJuly 30, 1996
Four years ago when I commenced these daily reports to the Senate I wanted to make a matter of daily record the exact Federal debt as of the close of business the previous day. In my first report on February 27, 1992, the Federal debt the previous day stood at $3,825,891,293,066.80, at the close of business. The Federal debt has, of course, shot further into the stratosphere since then. (At the close of business yesterday, Monday, July 29, an additional $1,356,563,675,813.41 had been added to the Federal debt since February 26, 1992.) That means, Mr. President, that the exact Federal debt stood yesterday at $5,182,454,968,880.21, which on a per capita basis means that every man, woman, and child in America owes $19,527.65 as his or her share of the Federal debt.
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