[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 171 (Thursday, November 19, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H8413]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
        H.R. 4110.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       US Const., Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 1, 18 (``The Congress shall 
     have Power to lay and collect Taxes . . . to pay the Debts 
     and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the 
     United States . . . [and] To 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.'')(Social Security 
     Disibility benefits are provided to individuals who have 
     physical disabilities that prevent them from working, so as 
     to ensure their ``general Welfare,'' and are paid through tax 
     revenues. A GAO study on modifying payments to certain 
     recipients is a proper means of ensuring the program is as 
     effective as possible).