House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (AP)

(CNSNews.com) – House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told CNSNews.com on Tuesday that the Republican-controlled House will pass legislation to build what President-elect Donald Trump promised would be “an impenetrable, physical wall on the southern border” and that passing that legislation will be a priority.

At the Capitol, CNSNews.com asked Rep. McCarthy, “The President-elect promised to build quote ‘an impenetrable, physical wall on the southern border,’ will the Republican House pass legislation to do that?”

“Yes,” said McCarthy.

“That’s a priority then?” CNSNews.com followed up.

“Yes,” Leader McCarthy agreed.

McCarthy said earlier Tuesday on Fox & Friends that there is a team in place “so when we’re sworn in … we are able to move the legislation needed to start building the wall.”

President-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed his campaign pledge that his administration would build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to help control illegal immigration, in a Sunday interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes.