Speaker. how long can we continue this high rate of consumption. even if our population increases at a lower rate? Other demographic considerations are grim. At present. the fertility rate is 14.9 per thousand. yet this figure still greatly exceeds the death rate of 9.1 per thousand. consequently. U.S. population is still increasing by 1.2 million annually by natural means. An additional 400.000 legally immigrate to our country annually. and estimates of illegal immigrants run as high as 1 million a year. Even if this latter figure is exaggerated. I am sure that my colleagues will understand that the current low fertility rate has hardly stemmed the population increase.
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