Working with an extremely thin Republican majority in the House, President-elect Donald Trump should not be appointing House Members to his administration. In doing so, he hurts his legislative agenda and undermines the importance of legislating itself.

As of this writing, Trump has announced the selection of two Republican representatives: Reps. Mike Waltz (R-FL) as national security adviser and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) as ambassador to the United Nations. (The latter post requires Senate confirmation.) Several other House members, potentially including Mike Rogers of Alabama for Secretary of Defense, reportedly are under consideration, although Speaker Mike Johnson says that Trump “fully understands and appreciates the math here.”