[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 5, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H46]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 148.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority for the Social Security 
     Preservation Act is article 1 section 9, clause 7 giving 
     Congress the authority to control the expenditures of the 
     federal government.