Despite House Republicans’ slim majority, Rep. Tom Emmer, the majority whip, vowed to ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday that he will implement President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda.
“We’re going to get the Trump agenda put in place. Donald Trump got a mandate on Nov. 5,” the Minnesota Republican said.
“The public expects us to deal with the excessive spending, the debt, the deficit that has driven double-digit inflation at the beginning of the Biden term. They’ve asked Donald Trump to seal the southern border, and they want peace and stability around the globe.”
Emmer also said he is not concerned by the dilemma over the best strategy to achieve certain legislative goals, whether it be in one bill or more than that.
“That’s not a concern to me once we make the decision. Is it going to be one? Is it going to be two? Doesn’t matter,” he said.
“The whip’s job is to make sure that we execute once that decision has been made, and I love people who tell us that we can’t do something. When we didn’t have the White House and we didn’t have the Senate, we did things that Republican majorities had never been able to do in the previous 10 to 15 years.”