[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)]
[House]
[Pages H3324-H3325]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 2334.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, of the United States 
     Constitution, which states that Congress shall have power to 
     lay and collect

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     taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and 
     provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States.