[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. TONKO:
        H.R. 583.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:

                     Article I, Section 8, Clause I

       Provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect 
     Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises'' in order to ``provide 
     for the . . . general Welfare of the United States.''