[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 51 (Friday, April 8, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2571]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mrs. BACHMANN:
       H.R. 1450.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article One, Section Eight, Clause One, wherein it states, 
     ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide 
     for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United 
     States;''