[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 26 (Thursday, February 17, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey:
       H.R. 788.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of 
     the United States. . . . To make all laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into execution the 
     foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the government of the United States, or in 
     any department or officer thereof; as enumerated in Article 
     I, Section 8.