[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 10, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H152]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON:
        H.R. 259.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the U.S. 
     Constitution, which provide as follows:
       The Congress shall have 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., [ . . . ]- And
        To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for 
     carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other 
     Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the 
     United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.