[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 36 (Thursday, March 10, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California:
        H.R. 1002.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 5 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and 
     Congress' plenary power under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 
     of the Constitution (commonly known as the ``commerce 
     clause''), in order to ensure that States and political 
     subdivisions thereof do not discriminate against providers 
     and consumers of mobile services by imposing new selective 
     and excessive taxes and other burdens on such providers and 
     consumers.