[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. GOWDY:
       H.R. 3237.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this 
     law. (To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases 
     whatsoever, over such District. . . .)