‘We Need To Get This Done’: Mark Harris Calls Upon Fellow Legislators To Codify Executive Orders

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During House floor remarks on Thursday, Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC) called upon his congressional colleagues to codify President Trump’s executive orders.

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00:00Gentlemen, without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

00:04Mr. Speaker, so far, President Trump has signed over 151 executive orders,

00:10but Congress has only sent him five bills to sign into law, a historically low number,

00:16and that's on us. We are legislators, and we have a constitutional duty to legislate.

00:22Unless codified into law, President Trump's historic government reforms are in jeopardy.

00:27Congress must get to work locking in these victories for good.

00:31We can't afford for future administrations to erase them with a stroke of a pen.

00:36Republican members of Congress are quick to praise President Trump's executive orders,

00:40but we're very slow to codify them.

00:42It doesn't matter if we have to vote seven days a week.

00:45We need to be mass-producing bills that codify the same executive orders that have been keeping our constituents safe.

00:51Congress has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve victories that Republicans have always talked about.

00:59We need to get this done.

01:01Mr. Speaker, I yield back my time.

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