[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. COX of California:
        H.R. 5848.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (which 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.'')
       Article I, Section 8, clause 18 (which allows Congress to 
     make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into execution'' any of Congress's enumerated 
     powers, including Congress's powers over appropriations).