[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 21, 2017)]
[House]
[Pages H1316-H1317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. RUSH:
       H.R. 1213.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have 
     power to . . . provide for the . . . general welfare of the 
     United States . . .''; and
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper

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     for carrying into execution the foregoing powers . . .''