[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 25 (Friday, February 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. MARKEY:
        H.R. 786.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution. 
     ``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 Welfare of the United States; 
     but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States.''