[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 25, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. McCLINTOCK:
        H.R. 421.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution 
     states that ``The Congress shall have power to lay and 
     collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts 
     and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States;
       To borrow money on the credit of the United States;''