[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 86 (Thursday, May 24, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. MULLIN:
        H.R. 5959.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. 
     Constitution, providing, in relevant part, that ``[t]he 
     Congress shall have 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.'