[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 142 (Tuesday, November 6, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H6326]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
       H.R. 6585.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the power of Congress to enact bills pursuant to clause 1 of 
     section 8 of article I of the Constitution. Pursuant to this 
     clause, Congress has the authority to ``provide for the . . . 
     general welfare of the United States.'' Included in the 
     concept of `general welfare' is Congress's authority to spend 
     money to provide for the health of the citizenry.

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