House Republicans do not plan to allow the president Donald Trump key executive orders expire at the end of his four-year term.
Trump marked his first day in office on Monday dozens of new ones executive orders, and signaled that he intended to use the commander-in-chief’s unilateral authority to enact policy when possible.
However, executive orders can easily be overturned when a new administration enters the White House. They may also be subject to legal challenges that claim they conflict with existing US law, such as the current case with Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.
But several House GOP lawmakers who spoke to Fox News Digital signaled they intend to prevent that from happening for at least a few of Trump’s key policies.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson shakes hands with President Donald Trump. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“I see him doing things by executive action as a necessity to signal … but that’s not the best way to do things,” former Club for the freedom of the House Speaker Scott Perry, R-Pa., told Fox News Digital. “The best way to get things done is through the legislative process with a signature on the bill.”
Perry suggested starting with Trump’s border and energy orders.
Meanwhile, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., confirmed at his weekly news conference that Trump’s orders will be a roadmap for the House.
“This is an America First agenda that involves both of those branches of government working in tandem,” Johnson said. “What he’s doing is setting in motion what will ultimately be our legislative agenda.”
Rep. Russell Fry, RS.C., a close Trump ally, told Fox News Digital, “I think executive orders are easy because they require one person.”
Rep. Scott Perry wants Congress to codify Trump’s border and energy orders. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
“Equally important in our discussions with him is the legislative piece, to make some of these things permanent or to correct mistakes in the law that may have been abused in the past,” Fry said.
Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., proposed that Trump’s rollback of the Biden administration’s energy policy be included in the bill.
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Border Subcommittee, Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., said he wants Congress to support Trump’s immigration executive orders.
“We need to codify what President Trump has put in place with executive orders — Stay in Mexico, repealing The CBP One app“, Guest said. “When President Trump leaves office in four years, those executive orders can be reversed.”
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New GOP Rep. Brandon Gill has introduced a bill to codify President Trump’s stay-in-Mexico policy. (Getty Images)
Some have already taken steps to do so. House Science Committee Chairman Brian Babin, R-Texas, introduced a bill this week to limit birthright citizenship a day after Trump’s order.
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Freshman Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, announced a bill earlier this month to reinstate Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy.
“I think the border crisis is so outrageous and so damaging to American citizens that anyone can see it, whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat,” Gill told Fox News Digital.
Former President Joe Biden rescinded several of Trump’s key executive orders on his first day in office and ended the implementation of Remain In Mexico – although this was challenged in court.
