Cobb Reporter

David Scott was mentioned in Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 1379..... on page H732 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Feb. 25, 2021 in the Congressional Record.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

By Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia:

H.R. 1379.

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following:

to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts, and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 36

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