Republicans’ most urgent duty in the Senate as President-elect Donald Trump starts his first days in office is to confirm his administration officials “so he can fulfill the promises he made to the American public,” Sen. Ron Johnson told Newsmax Saturday.

“From President Trump’s standpoint, he has to secure the border,” the Wisconsin Republican said on Newsmax’s “America Right Now.” “And everything we are hearing in, in the in-person meetings with him and with his nominees, they are absolutely dedicated to doing that.”

Johnson said he was particularly pleased Friday when Treasury Secretary-nominee Scott Bessent declared during his confirmation hearing that the United States government doesn’t have a revenue problem, but a spending problem.

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