[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 142 (Thursday, September 22, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. CAPUANO:
       H.R. 3018.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8: Congress shall have the power to lay 
     and collect taxes, duties, imposts, excises, to pay the debts 
     and provide for the common deference and general welfare of 
     the United States.