[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 3 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 219.
       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.