[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. BYRNE:
        H.R. 596.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This Act repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
     Act and title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health Care 
     and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, which 
     included several specific provisions that extend beyond the 
     enumerated powers granted to Congress by the Constitution, 
     including, in particular, the Commerce, Taxing, and the 
     Spending Clauses of Article I, Section 8, as well as the 
     Necessary and Proper Clauses contained therein, and that 
     otherwise improperly extend authority to Federal agencies in 
     a manner inconsistent with the Vesting Clause of Article I, 
     Section 1.
       The general repeal of this legislation is consistent with 
     the powers that are reserved to the States and to the people 
     as expressed in Amendment X to the United States 
     Constitution.