[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 143 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H6456-H6457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. CARNAHAN:
       H.R. 3046.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8. ``The Congress shall have Power To 
     lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay 
     the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general

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     Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and 
     Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''