[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 60 (Wednesday, April 25, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H2127-H2128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. CLEAVER:
        H.R. 4659.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the 
     United States, which states that Congress shall have Power To 
     lay and

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     collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts 
     and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be 
     uniform throughout the United States.