[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 5, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H43]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. ROGERS of Michigan:
       H.R. 67.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States government are carried out to support the 
     national security interests of the United States, to support 
     and assist the armed forces of the United States, and to 
     support the President in the execution of the foreign policy 
     of the United States.
       Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall 
     have power . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common 
     defense and general welfare of the United States''; and ``To 
     make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other 
     Powers vested in this Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''