[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 1 (Thursday, January 3, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H35]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN:
        H.R. 81.
        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.