[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 60 (Wednesday, April 25, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H2128-H2129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. COSTA:
        H.R. 4681.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Sec. 8, ``The Congress shall have Power To lay 
     and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the 
     Debts and provide for the common Defence and general

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