[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 163 (Friday, November 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H7152]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. McDERMOTT:
        H.R. 3506.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principle constitutional authority for this legislation 
     resides in section 8 of article I of the Constitution of the 
     United States, which states: ``The Congress shall . . . make 
     all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying 
     into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers 
     vested by this Constitution in the government of the United 
     States, or in any department or officer thereof.''