U.S. Congressman Michael E. Capuano

Welcome!

Thanks for visiting my Congressional web site. My staff and I have compiled information about the work I do in Washington and in the 8th Congressional district of Massachusetts.

You may learn the status of key legislation, check out what's happening in Congress on any given day and become familiar with the communities I represent. We've also provided links to sites that you might be interested in visiting.

As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me. It is my honor to represent the people of Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea and Somerville.

Recent Votes

ENERGY

On Thursday, July 17, the House considered H.R. 6515: Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands (DRILL) Act. I voted YES.

e-Updates

"E-Updates" are periodic e-mail updates from Mike's office.

News

DARFUR

06/16 – Congressman Mike Capuano has introduced H. Res. 1245, urging the international community to provide the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) with additional helicopters to support peacekeeping efforts.

04/09 – Congressman Capuano filed a resolution calling on President Bush to boycott the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing unless China takes stronger action against the Sudanese government's genocide in Darfur.

TELEPHONE COMMUNITY MEETING

05/20 – On Tuesday May 20th, Mike hosted a telephone community meeting. You can listen to a recording of it here: 05/20/2008 telephone community meeting.

This audio file can be played with Microsoft's Windows Media Player

Debt Report

On July 1, 2008, the total public debt for the U.S. was $9,467,517,290,968.10 — that's more than NINE TRILLION DOLLARS!

In only one month, the public debt has increased by nearly $79 BILLION. Put another way, the debt increased at a rate of about:

$2.6 BILLION A DAY!

$109 million per hour!

$1.8 million per minute!

$30,000 per second!

If you would like to see how much interest we paid on this debt, visit Bureau of Public Debt's Interest Expense on Outstanding Debt.

Much of this debt is owed to foreign governments. If you want to see exactly how much the US currently owes China, OPEC nations, and other foreign governments, visit Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities.

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