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Trump Gives Remarks to GOP Members of Congress, Jan. 27, 2025

January 27, 2025 · The White House · 1:11:44

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What happened

President Donald Trump addressed GOP members of Congress at their conference in Florida on Jan. 27, 2025, carried on the White House channel (the upload locates the remarks in Miami, FL), introduced by Speaker Mike Johnson, who called the first week the most momentous anyone could remember. The President congratulated the re-elected House Republican majority and its leadership team, then recounted the opening week in his own terms.

Among the actions he listed: withdrawing from the World Health Organization, where he said the United States paid $500 million a year against China’s $39 million despite its larger population, as he stated the figures; declaring a national energy emergency to unlock what he called the liquid gold under Americans’ feet - “we will drill, baby, drill” - with fast environmental approval promised for power-plant builders and super-rapid approval for investments over $1 billion, as he described the policy; and what he called the largest deregulation campaign in history, exceeding his first term’s record-setting effort. He credited Tom Homan and his staff with doing an incredible job removing, in his words, the bad ones, as he stated the enforcement record.

Why it matters

The Jan. 27 address is the President’s first-week report to his own party’s legislators - the audience whose votes the agenda needs - and it fixes his stated terms for the WHO withdrawal, the energy emergency, and the deregulation campaign in a single speech a week into the term.

Scoreboard watch

Scoreboard watch: the WHO withdrawal figures and the energy-approval pledges as stated on Jan. 27, 2025 ($500M U.S. vs. $39M China contributions; rapid approvals for $1B-plus investments) - recorded here as stated by the President.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Gives Remarks to GOP Members of Congress” (YouTube, 2025-01-27) - official description and broadcast transcript as aired.