GOP congressman says voters expect House Republicans to deliver.
"We're going to get the Trump agenda put in place," Emmer told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "Donald Trump got a mandate on November 5. 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.
Asked if Republicans are engaging with Democrats on trying to get their support on dealing with the debt ceiling, which Trump has pushed to raise or even eliminate, Emmer said some GOP hardliners could be brought around "under the right circumstances." "The issue that Republicans have had, and I think that Donald Trump has, is the debt ceiling is a false number. The bottom line is, you got to get your spending under control, and you got to have a plan to pay off the debt. So as long as we're doing that, don't underestimate what the House Republicans can do," Emmer said.would be covered by the federal government and called for Congress to provide California with whatever it needs to recover.
Asked about his relationship with Trump, who was critical of Emmer last year when he was considered for House speaker as being "totally out of touch" with Republican voters, Emmer said he and the president-elect are on "good terms." "The president has been wonderful to me, been wonderful to my wife. Has done everything that he could to campaign in Minnesota. He's been amazing," Emmer said. "We're going to do some good work together, but it's Donald J. Trump's agenda. My job is to make sure that we execute."
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