[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 154 (Wednesday, October 21, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H7089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia:
       H.R. 3776.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution:
       ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, 
     duties, inposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide 
     for the common defense and general welfare of the United 
     States.''
       Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution:
       ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular 
     statemetn and account of the receipts and expenditures of all 
     public money shall be published from time to time.''