[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 7, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H1595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. CRAWFORD:
       H.R. 1400.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       GENERAL WELFARE CLAUSE. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. 
     Constitution grants Congress the power to ``lay and collect 
     Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and 
     provide for the common defense and general Welfare of the 
     United States.''