[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 79 (Friday, June 3, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H4037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. RENACCI:
       H.R. 2137.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, 
     whereby Congress shall have the power ``[t]o 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.''
       As affirmed by Justice Benjamin Cardozo in Steward Machine 
     Company v. Davis, 301 U.S. 548 (1937), upholding the 
     constitutionality of unemployment benefits.