TODAY WE DECLARE A SIMPLE TRUTH.
IT MATTERS WHERE SOMETHING IS
MADE.
MATTERS TO ME.
DAGEN: HERE NOW, THREE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTENDED
YESTERDAY'S EVENT, NEW YORK
CONGRESSWOMAN CLAUDIA TENNEY, A
CO-FOUNDERS OF CHERYL
MANUFACTURING AND LIBERTY TABLE
TOP, MATTHEW ROBERTS AND GREG
OWENS.
MATTHEW AND GREG, I WANT TO
START WITH YOU.
GREG, UNTIL RECENTLY IT'S BEEN
MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE AS A
YESTERDAY?
>> WELL, IT WAS A GREAT HONOR TO
BE INVITED TO THE EVENT
YESTERDAY.
IT'S ACTUALLY OUR SECOND YEAR.
LAST YEAR WE PARTICIPATED IN THE
ROUNDTABLE.
IT NOT ONLY IS REPRESENTATIVE OF
WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND
I AND OUR EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND
THE EVENT.
THE U.S. ECONOMY IS GROWING AND
TO REMIND PEOPLE GO OUT AND BUY
AMERICAN IF YOU CAN.
>> RIGHT.
WE'RE THE ONLY MANUFACTURING OF
FLATWARE LEFT IN THE UNITED
STATES.
SO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OUR
CONGRESSWOMAN, CONGRESS PEOPLE,
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE WHITE
HOUSE AND ASKED THEM TO HELP US
FACTORY IS GROWING
SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE'RE ABOUT 33% BIGGER THAN WE
WERE LAST YEAR.
WE'VE HIRED ANOTHER 15 PEOPLE.
AND THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR
HAVE BEEN HIT AT ALL BY THE
TARIFFS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE SO FAR.
>> RIGHT.
WE HAVE A -- OUR MARKETING NICHE
IS 100% MADE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
ALL OF OUR STEEL HAS TO BE
MELTED AND PROCESSED IN THE
UNITED STATES.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME INCREASE IN
PRICING.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF IT IS DUE
THE TARIFFS, BUT MAYBE MORE DUE
TO THE FACT THAT THE ECONOMY IS
HEATING UP.
WE'VE SEEN A SLIGHT INCREASE BUT
NOTHING REALLY SUBSTANTIAL.
BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE,
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE U.S.
CONTENT IN OUR PRODUCT.
DAGEN: CONGRESSWOMAN TENNEY,
THIS EVENT COMES AMID THE HEATED
TRADE BATTLE THAT AMERICAN
MANUFACTURERS ARE WRESTLING WITH
THE FALLOUT FROM TRUMP'S
TARIFFS OF $34 BILLION OF
CHINESE IMPORTS AND THE
RETALIATION FROM CHINA WHICH IS
BEGINNING TO HURT EXPORTERS,
PARTICULARLY FARMERS.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
HOW DAWNING RISE -- DANGEROUS IS
THIS DISPUTE FOR BUSINESSES.
>> LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT CHERYL
MANUFACTURING.
I TOURED THEIR PLANT IN 2016 AND
SAID WOW, THIS IS A COUPLE GUYS
WHO WORKED A DEAL TO UNITE A
FACILITY THAT NOW MOVED TO
CHINA, AN ICONIC BRAND, STARTED
IN MY REGION.
THESE GUYS BOUGHT THE OLD
FACTORY, REFURBISHED THE
EQUIPMENT AND REOPENED WHAT WAS
ELIMINATED AND MADE IT AN
AMERICAN BASED PRODUCT.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS ACCENTING
HOW GREAT THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE
IS AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE
AND THEY'RE ONE OF OUR GREATEST
ASSETS.
THEY'RE PROVING THAT YOU CAN USE
AMERICAN WORKERS AND AMERICAN
WORKERS ARE THE BEST, AND YOU
SO THIS IS A
SO THIS IS WHY TRUMP WON OUR
REGION AND WHY THE MESSAGE
RESONATED.
WE HAD SO MANY ICONIC
BUSINESSES.
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF REVERE
MANUFACTURING WAS THERE.
WILBUR ROSS WAS AT THE EVENT AND
SO WE'LL HE SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
OR SMALL AND EVEN A BUSINESS
LIKE CHERYL.
>> THIS IS JASON.
I HAD A PLEASURE OF SERVING WITH
HER IN THE CONGRESS.
MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHAT DO
YOU SEE THE REPUBLICANS DOING IN
TERMS OF TAXES.
WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT WITH
QUESTION BRADY COMING UP --
ANNOUNCEMENT WITH KEVIN BRADY
COMING UP.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE DETAILS.
LET ME TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO DO.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING
AND STAGNATION IN WAGES.
ABLE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE
OBAMACARE.
BUSINESS OWNERS, THEIR WORKERS
ARE PAYING ENORMOUS RATES
BECAUSE OBAMA CARE IS SO
EXPENSIVE AND THE PREMIUMS ARE
GOING UP AND DEDUCTIBLES ARE
GOING UP.
WE HAD A SPENDING CONTROL
MECHANISM IN THE AMERICAN HEALTH
CARE ACT THAT DID NOT PASS THE
SENATE LAST YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW, WE GOT IT THROUGH
THE HOUSE AND WE GOT TO THE
SENATE AND WE HAD A THUMBS DOWN.
THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO START
WORKING ON REALIGNING THE
SPENDING, BRINGING SPENDING
DOWN, CONTINUING TO PROTECT
MEDICARE, PROTECT SOCIAL
SECURITY, BUT REIS
SECURITY, BUT REAS
SECURITY, BUT REALIGNING SO THE
TRULY NEEDY PEOPLE ARE GETTING
THE SERVICES.
MANY PEOPLE ON MEDICARE LOST
BECAUSE WE ROBBED MEDICARE -- WE
ROBBED MEDICAID TO GIVE MONEY TO
MED CARE AND THE EXPANSION OF
OBAMACARE.
YOU HAVE TWO ENTREPRENEURS
RUNNING A SMALL BUSINESS, THE
ONLY FLATWARE MANUFACTURER IN
OUR REGION, IT'S AFFECTING WAGES
TO SEE OUT OF WASHINGTON?
I'M THE CHILD OF SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS.
I NEVER KNEW WHAT A VACATION
WAS.
AND I HEARD MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD
AND MY ENTIRE LIFE ABOUT
POLITICIANS TALKING ABOUT SMALL
BUSINESSES AND HOW CRITICAL THEY
ARE AND QUITE FRANKLY WASHINGTON
NEVER DID JACK FOR MY PARENTS'
BUSINESS.
GREG, YOU'VE GOT CLAUDIA TENNEY,
YOUR CONGRESSMAN THERE, AND
YOU'VE GOT JASON WHO KNOWS FOLKS
IN WASHINGTON.
TELL THEM AND THE AUDIENCE WHAT
YOU WANT OUT OF D.C.
>> WELL, I GUESS IF YOU WANT TO
PUT THE ANSWER ON A BUMPER
STICKER IT WOULD BE GET OUT OF
THE WAY AND LET US GO.
I THINK CLAUDIA AND A LOT OF OUR
REPRESENTATIVES IN WASHINGTON
AND THE ADMINISTRATION, THAT'S
THEIR TACT.
THAT'S A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT TAX
REFORM IS ALL ABOUT.
INSTEAD OF TAKING MONEY AWAY
FROM BUSINESS AND READIES
CONTRIBUTING IT TO ACHIEVE
GOALS, LET BUSINESSES DO THAT.
WE HIRED 15 PEOPLE.
ONE OF OUR MAIN OBJECTIVES GOING
FORWARD TO IS TO AS WE MAKE MORE
MONEY, GIVE THAT MONEY TO OUR
EMPLOYEES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE TO MAKE
TO COME.
DAGEN: MATT,ISM GOING TO GIVE
SAID GETTING OUT OF THE WAY AND
LETTING US RUN OUR BUSINESS.
NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO MAKE
FLATWARE BETTER THAN THE TEAM WE
HAVE AT CHERYL, NEW YORK.
AND WE'RE HERE NOT ONLY FOR A
COMPANY TO MAKE MONEY AND TO BE
PROFITABLE.
WE'RE HERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK MANY OF THE BUSINESSES
THAT YOU SAW YESTERDAY IN THE
WHITE HOUSE HAD THE EXACT SAME
GOALS.
THEY WANT TO BE THE PART OF THE
COMMUNITY AND WORK AS A TEAM AND
BE AMERICANS TOGETHER AND GROW
THE ECONOMY.
DAGEN: GENTLEMEN, GREAT TO SEE
GREG OWENS, MATT ROBERTS AND
CONGRESSWOMAN CLAUDIA TENNEY.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE BUSINESSES
I KNOW ALL MADE IN AMERICA, L.C.
KING MANUFACTURING, THEY MAKE
AWESOME MEN'S JACKETS AND
CLOTHING, RED LAND COTTON, THEY
WERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
YESTERDAY, INCREDIBLE SHEETS AND
COTTON.
AND THEN SHOT, MADE IN AMERICA,
GREAT LEATHER JACKETS, MADE IN
NEW JERSEY.
A SHOUTOUT TO ALL THOSE BUSINESS