[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H639-H640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 539.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The Taxing Clause, USC Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 1 (``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[.]''). The Action for Dental Health Act would use 
     federal tax dollars to provide grants for elibigle oral 
     health professionals to purchase mobile dental units to 
     provide free dental services to underserved

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     communcities. Furhtermore, increasing access to no- or low-
     cost dental and oral health services improves the nation's 
     public health, or ``general welfare[.]'' Therefore, the 
     Action for Dental Health Act is a valid exercise of the 
     Taxing Clause.