[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 179 (Friday, November 3, 2017)]
[House]
[Pages H8495-H8496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GOHMERT:
        H.R. 4237.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall 
     have Power . . . To make all

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     Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 
     Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested 
     by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
     or in any Department or Officer thereof.
       Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: No Money shall be drawn 
     from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made 
     by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts 
     and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from 
     time to time.