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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. CARDENAS:H.R. 994.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 1All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in aCongress of the United States, which shall consist of aSenate and House of Representatives.The single subject of this legislation is:Oral health care[Page H840]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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