CODIFYING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS

On 2025-05-15, Representative Mark Harris (R-NC-8) delivered a floor speech titled "CODIFYING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS" in the House.

CODIFYING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 82 (Thursday, May 15, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 82 (Thursday, May 15, 2025)] [House] [Page H2080] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] CODIFYING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS (Mr. HARRIS of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. HARRIS of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, so far, President Trump has signed over 151 executive orders. The Congress has only sent him five bills to sign into law, a historically low number. That is on us. We are legislators, and we have a constitutional duty to legislate. Unless codified into law, President Trump's historic government reforms are in jeopardy. Congress must get to work locking in these victories for good. We can't afford for future administrations to erase them with the stroke of a pen. Republican Members of Congress are quick to praise President Trump's executive orders, but we are very slow to codify them. It doesn't matter if we have to vote 7 days a week. We need to be mass-producing bills that codify the same executive orders that have been keeping our constituents safe. Congress has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve victories that Republicans have always talked about. We need to get this done. ____________________