[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 138 (Tuesday, September 13, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H5436]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. DAVIDSON:
       H.R. 6005.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: Since Members of Congress 
     and other federal employees are ``necessary'' to fulfill the 
     constitutional functions of government, laws determining the 
     compensation of Members of Congress and federal employees are 
     constitutional under the necessary and proper clause.