(CNN) Two of the top House Republicans said Tuesday that President Donald Trump remains firm on requesting $5 billion for border security as part of the upcoming year-end budget negotiations.

Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 3 ranking House Republican, told reporters after a White House meeting that GOP lawmakers need to support Trump's position and work to secure that level of funding.

"The President has been very clear that he needs $5 billion to properly secure the border," he said. "We need to be there for him and make sure this gets signed."

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who was at the same meeting and will lead the Republican caucus next year, said Trump has been "very strong" on the $5 billion figure, though McCarthy declined to say if that number was a red line for the President or specify whether Trump would be open to dividing funding over a two-year period, as some have proposed as a possible compromise.

"I think the President is very solid about ... where he wants to go," McCarthy said. "And he needs to have a secure border."

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