[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. TONKO:
        H.R. 1709.
        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.''