[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H6518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. WEBER of Texas:
        H.R. 3452.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause I (The Spending Clause)--Which 
     states,
       `The Congress shall have the 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 . . . .''