[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 63 (Monday, May 7, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H2325-H2326]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. NUNNELEE:
        H.R. 5458.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States 
     Constitution, the Taxing, and Spending Clause: ``The Congress 
     shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the

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