Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told Newsmax on Tuesday that Republicans need to avoid adding "pork" to their proposed bill or bills to tackle the border, energy policy, and extend 2017 tax cuts.
President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend called on Republicans to pass a single bill to address several of his key issues.
Burlison told "Newsline" that he's "kind of agnostic as to whether we do it in one bill or two bills as long as we get Trump's agenda done."
He continued, "What I don't want to see happen is some of my colleagues with their pet projects and as we've seen," adding that legislators tend "to put pork into things."
Burlison said, "I don't want to see them hijack what is a very good and noble agenda, which is what Trump campaigned on [and] what the American people sent us a mandate to do."
He later said that despite Trump's high support among Republicans, Washington, D.C., is "called the swamp for a reason, things get bogged down and especially good things like … spending cuts," adding, "it seems to be difficult for a lot of people on both sides of the aisle to cut spending."
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Theodore Bunker, a Newsmax writer, has more than a decade covering news, media, and politics.
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