[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 104 (Thursday, July 12, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H4863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. FLORES:
       H.R. 6108.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 which states that no money 
     shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of 
     Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and 
     Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money 
     shall be published from time to time. The Appropriations 
     Clause provides Congress with a mechanism to control or to 
     limit spending by the federal government