JOHNSON, SCALISE, EMMER, McCLAIN: Congress must deliver President Trump's agenda quickly

The American people cannot afford to wait for relief when their lives and livelihoods are at stake. As the Republican leadership in Congress, we have prepared an aggressive plan to remove any roadblocks and provide a glidepath for President Trump's reforms and policy agenda. He will use his executive authority to quickly triage many of the crises left by the Biden administration, but President Trump's legacy, and transformational change, must be cemented by Congress. 

President Trump's return to D.C. in 2025 will be very different from his first arrival in 2017 and the landscape is vastly different now than it was eight years ago. 

Republicans in Congress campaigned on President Trump's America First agenda, his cabinet selections and transition operation are supported by the people, world leaders and even former political opponents are embracing his return to office, and House leaders have been working for months with President Trump's team to ensure we are in lock step on the policy prescriptions necessary to pull America back from the brink. 

Consider the budget reconciliation process as evidence. In 2017, Congressional Republicans had major differences about the size and scope of the legislation. Failure to properly plan limited the President's ability to deliver on his agenda. This time we have developed an agenda full of ideas that a majority of Americans from across the country have already endorsed. The only thing that can stand in the way of legislative success is Congress itself. 

There is good reason for the tangible excitement and sense of renewed hope in the country. The American people are ready to stop losing and start winning again, and now is the time. 

It is a new day in our country and we have laid the foundation in Congress for President Trump to come roaring back. No one expects our transformational agenda to be easy, but nothing worthwhile ever is. 

We are ready for this fight to make America great again. And we will.

Majority Leader Steve Scalise represents Louisiana's 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Majority Whip Tom Emmer represents Minnesota's 6th District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Republican Conference Chair Lisa McLain represents Michigan's 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives.