EXCLUSIVE — The House Freedom Caucus is preparing to wield its power in the next Congress, hoping that President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House will bolster their influence in the lower chamber.

“The president knows that the strongest supporters in Congress are in the House Freedom Caucus,” Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), chairman of the Freedom Caucus, told the Washington Examiner in an interview. “I think we will have the attention of the White House and his ear to bring them along more to our point of view.”