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@NationalDebt National debt increased one trillion in 147 days, a rate of... $6.78 billion every day $282.6 million every hour $4,709,703 every minute $78,495 every second x.com/JECRepublicans…

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🚨U.S. National Debt just reached $39 trillion! Over a trillion was added in just 147 days, at a rate of... $6.78 billion every day $282.6 million every hour $4,709,703 every minute $78,495 every second Make every moment count. #ddm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">jec.senate.gov/public/index.c…

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Average senior paid about $212 extra for Medicare Part B last year so Medicare Advantage insurers could pad their payments. That is $13.4 billion pulled out of Social Security checks.

Social Security’s trust fund is on track to hit zero in about six years. Current law then cuts every check 24 percent because Washington spent the money and pretended demographics did not exist. Who in Washington thinks the country is ready for that?

By the time you finish reading this, Washington will have borrowed more than many families earn in a year. $2.61 trillion in new debt in 367 days, nearly $90,000 a second. At some point the bond market is going to look at that line and start running the country for us.

Saturday, Chairman @RepDavid held a healthcare innovation roundtable in AZ, w/leaders from emerging health & technology companies to discuss how innovation can improve patient access, reduce costs, & modernize care. Participants shared insights into how new technologies are reshaping patient care & system affordability. Thanks to @BannerHealth @WHOOP @doctronic @CalviriSciences and Regenisis Med for joining. Watch the discussion here: tinyurl.com/34pzwnsb

.@RealDonaldTrump cited our state inflation data in the SOTU last night, highlighting how record-setting inflation cost the typical family $34,000 under Democrats. Our latest analysis shows families paid $700 less in price increases during his first year than Biden’s.

The U.S. has already added over a trillion dollars to the national debt in FY2026, bringing the total to $38.647 trillion. Interest payments are the fourth-largest line item in the federal budget, already notching $346 billion, or 14 percent of outlays, in the first four months of this fiscal year. Stay up to date with our monthly debt and fiscal updates 🔗 #mdu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">jec.senate.gov/public/index.c… jec.senate.gov/public/index.c…

In January, the federal government ran a deficit of $94.615 billion. From the beginning of the fiscal year to January, deficits were $696.992 billion. This means 28.09 percent of outlays in FY2026 were not paid for by revenues, and for every dollar the federal government received in revenue, it spent $1.39. In the comparable fiscal year to date in FY2025, total federal deficits were $839.585 billion, which means the total deficit in the current fiscal year to date period is 16.98 percent lower than in the same period last fiscal year. tinyurl.com/kxdzaccu

Last year tax collections were up 10%. Washington still borrowed $2.34 trillion, roughly $74,000 a second. We are now borrowing more than the entire defense and domestic budget combined. Step one: crash health-care costs with technology instead of more borrowing.

Bond traders now treat U.S. debt like a trade to flip instead of a rock-solid asset to hold. There’s a volatility index for our bonds, and countries like Greece can sell 10-year bonds cheaper than we can. People who actually watch the bond market should be terrified.

In January, private payrolls rose +172K while government fell -42K, pushing total nonfarm up +130K. Federal payrolls are now at their lowest level since 1966. Meanwhile, prime-age participation just hit its highest level since 2001. That’s labor supply expanding alongside private hiring. Read more 🔗 jec.senate.gov/public/index.c…

National debt is $38.56 trillion and on track to hit $39 trillion by April. That is $286,108 of federal debt on every household after growing $2.35 trillion in one year, about $74,379 every second. Tell me how that is anything other than Washington failing basic math.