[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 92 (Tuesday, June 25, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H4039]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. McDERMOTT:
        H.R. 2499.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause I of Section VIII of Article I: ``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''