[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 14, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H3816]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:
       H.R. 5475.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill seeks to improve the health outcomes in, acess to 
     healht care to, and accountability of health care providers 
     for, underserved and minority communites. The power of 
     Congress to enact such a measure rests in the General Welfare 
     and Necessary and Proper clauses of Article I, as promoting 
     health equity and accountability in minority communities 
     promotes the well-being of minoirty Americans. U.S. Cont., 
     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[.]''); U.S. Cost., art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 
     18 (``The Congress shall have the Power . . . To make all 
     Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers[.]'').