[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 149 (Thursday, October 6, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6673]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. McGOVERN:
        H.J. Res. 80.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, authorizes the 
     Congress:
       1) ``to provide for the common Defence and general Welfare 
     of the United States,'' and
       2) ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper 
     for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.''

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