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Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with Workers on "Cutting the Red Tape, Unleashing Economic Freedom"
MR. BOYER: Everything is good right now. It is good.
THE PRESIDENT: Big difference, right?
MR. BOYER: We're working. I've run from Westfield, Virginia to Memphis, Tennessee, and I've never seen as many signs out - "Help Wanted," "Help Wanted." You go through Knoxville, you go through Nashville, Memphis, you look up on the warehouses - "Help Wanted" and "We're Hiring." And we've never seen that before.
THE PRESIDENT: Best it's ever been.
MR. BOYER: It is.
THE PRESIDENT: Best it's ever been.
MR. BOYER: Best time I remember.
THE PRESIDENT: Therefore, we should do well in the midterms. They never report how well we're doing, which they don't like to do.
That's good. Come here. Appreciate it.
Go ahead.
MR. WALLER: On behalf of all of the hardworking men and women in the coal industry, we want to thank you for your support. It means a whole lot. Back in 2016, times were really tough. And the company that I worked for actually had downsized, you know, for the first time in the history of the company.
But the particular mine that I work at, I just want you to know that, in the last several months, we've added a hundred people. And we're looking to add -
THE PRESIDENT: It's a big difference, right?
MR. WALLER: Yeah, we're looking to add to 150 more.
THE PRESIDENT: Saved that industry. That industry was gone. And it's a very important - really, a very important asset for our country. That industry was gone. It was going to be out. And we would've had a big problem if it was gone. And they have great people in that industry. And that's what they want to do, right? Clean coal.
MR. WALLER: That's right.
THE PRESIDENT: What they do today, the technology on coal is so incredible. What they can do with coal today is from a different world. Good, beautiful clean coal. And you're back working, right?
MR. WALLER: Yes, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: That's fantastic.
MR. WALLER: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Are you Kentucky?
MR. WALLER: Yes, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Good. That's good. Say hello to everybody. I just left Kentucky. (Laughter.)
MR. WALLER: Hello, Kentucky.
THE PRESIDENT: You know, we had a big rally there the other night. It was incredible. Thousands and thousands of people outside of the arena. They couldn't get in. It was something really special, and they appreciate what we are doing.
MR. WALLER: Yes, they do.
THE PRESIDENT: So, just say hello.
Go ahead.
MR. KOVACH: Well, business has been off the charts across the board - steel, energy, oil, and gas. Our customer base - we're actually - we repair equipment. We are helping steel mills resurrect plants that were shuttered 10 years ago, bringing them back up to production to make American steel.
THE PRESIDENT: So one of things we're most proud about is what's happened with our steel industry. Our steel industry was dead. Our aluminum - the aluminum industry was dead. It was dead as a doornail - both of them.
And steel in particular, but aluminum also - steel is through the roof now. We're taxing the dumpers, the nations that dump. And they dump a lot of garbage - steel. Sand steel, mud steel, bad steel - not strong steel. And then we use it to fabricate beams for buildings and parts for airplanes, and they find it's no good. And in many cases, they don't know about until long afterwards, and in some cases when it's too late.
So now we're taxing them, and very, very heavily. And what's happening is the steel industry is thriving. I mean, literally, in a period of a year, the steel industry is just a hot industry right now. So it's been a great thing to see. Thank you very much.
Vice President, do you have anything to say? Mike?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to thank these six great Americans for coming in and helping to tell the story of this economic boom of 4.2 billion new jobs created and new signed legislation to pass the largest tax cut and tax reform in American history.
But what you and I both hear as we travel around the country is what we heard again this morning: Is that - the fact that this President and this Congress has actually passed more laws repealing federal red tape than any administration in American history is making just as much a difference in the prosperity of the nation.
So I want to thank all these folks, all the members of our Cabinet for coming here and helping to tell the story about rolling back red tape, rolling back taxes, getting this economy rolling again. But our promise to all of them, Mr. President, like you always say, is: We're just getting started.
THE PRESIDENT: That's true. That's true.
Administrator, tell me. EPA? Give us a little talk.
ADMINISTRATOR WHEELER: So far, under your leadership, we've rolled back 28 regulations, saving the American public $1.5 billion. You have another 54 deregulatory actions planned over the next year. At the same time, though, our air is getting cleaner, our water is getting cleaner. Air is 73 percent cleaner than it was in the 1970s. So we're deregulating, but we're protecting the environment at the same time.
THE PRESIDENT: And you're opening up and allowing businesses to open and thrive, as opposed to - they can't do it.
ADMINISTRATOR WHEELER: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Great job.
Linda? Please.
ADMINISTRATOR MCMAHON: Well, it's terrific. Mr. President, thank you very much for your vision of a commonsense approach to job growth. If you cut taxes, you roll back regulations, you get out of the way of small businesses, they will start to grow and expand. And that's exactly what we're seeing. And I have the benefit of being out on the road and interacting with companies like City Machine Technologies in Youngstown, and seeing exactly what they're doing. So, rollback of the regulatory environment really is boosting the businesses, and I see it and I feel it.
THE PRESIDENT: Great. Great job, Linda. Thank you.
Elaine?
SECRETARY CHAO: Mr. President, who would have thought a year ago that GDP growth for the third quarter would be 4.2 percent? People were surprised it was even over 3 percent in the second quarter. It was 2.2 in the second quarter.
THE PRESIDENT: They didn't think so. (Laughter.)
SECRETARY CHAO: The unemployment rate is now at 3.7 - it's the lowest in about 50 years. And at the Department of Labor, the previous eight years, the overall avalanche of regulations was strangling job creators, employers. And the Department was basically sending out about $3.1 billion annually in regulations that were not all useful. They didn't help safety. And David Boyer is here; he has driven over 2 million miles, without accidents, and he also will be named -
THE PRESIDENT: You never had an accident?
MR. BOYER: (Inaudible) driven 6 million miles -
THE PRESIDENT: I want him to drive for me. Well, how about you - (laughter) - I'll let (inaudible). That's pretty good, David.
SECRETARY CHAO: And he will be named the National Trucker of the Year by the American Trucking Association.
THE PRESIDENT: Wow. That's big stuff. (Applause.)
SECRETARY CHAO: So we want responsible regulations but regulations that make sense, that are not overly burdensome, that are not duplicative - you know, duplicative that don't make sense. And so, at the Department of Transportation, that's been our guidance as we go forward.
THE PRESIDENT: Thanks a lot. Thanks, Elaine.
So, Mr. Secretary, the largest landlord in the world. (Laughter.) At least the largest in this country, I guess.
SECRETARY ZINKE: Mr. President, I'd like to highlight the Southern Utes. This is an example of when you empower a great nation to do great things - they get free healthcare and free education. You know, and things are pretty tough out in Indian Country, but when you empower a great people to do great things by deregulating and making sure that they're involved in decision-making - and many times, sovereignty should mean something - this is a great example of the empowerment and the ability to shape your own future in Indian Country (inaudible) Southern Utes.
THE PRESIDENT: So, Secretary, tell us about energy and what's happened with energy. We've become the biggest in the world. A lot of it is because of what we've done. Tell us just quickly about that.
SECRETARY ZINKE: We are the largest oil and gas producer on the face of the planet. Inconceivable 600 days ago. For the first time in 60 years, we're exporting liquid natural gas. And what it means is there's $20 trillion of untapped wealth in this country. Energy - all above. And as you know, Mr. President, we're all the above.
We just want it made it America. And by having energy made in America, I don't want to ever be held hostage. I don't want to see your kids see what I've seen. There's a lot of reasons to fight, but fighting for energy is not one of them. And economically, we're seeing a rebirth. We have the lowest unsubsidized price in gasoline on the face of the planet, and that's because American energy has delivered.
THE PRESIDENT: So we're the largest in the world now - energy. And you said 600 days, and that's right. It's been - it's taken place very quickly. We've made it possible. We've opened it up. And thank you. And just if you look at oil prices, we're very happy we did, because it would not be a pretty picture right now. But now we don't need others. In the old days, we needed others, and that's how we got involved in the Middle East. We don't need others now.
Mick?
DIRECTOR MULVANEY: Mr. President, this is our second deregulatory day here. We had a chance to talk about this in the Cabinet a little bit. And the really good news - I don't think anybody has talked about it - is that we're actually doing better this year than we did last year. As good a year as we had last year on deregulation, this year is actually even better. More things taken off the books, more things slowed down. More savings for people. That's because it's a priority for you.
And everybody in the Cabinet has pulled in the same direction on this because they know it's a priority for you. It's been a priority for them. And the results are real. We have real, tangible savings. And everybody around here is benefitting from it.
On the banking front - which I sort of spent some time with across the street in my other job - the neat thing about that is that you look around the table - even the folks with the cameras - everyone here needs their community banks to be strong because they need access to capital, folks need mortgages, they need to borrow money for cars. And when our banking industry is strong, everybody else here does better. And we've made some real good progress on that the last couple weeks.
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THE PRESIDENT: Big difference, right?
MR. BOYER: We're working. I've run from Westfield, Virginia to Memphis, Tennessee, and I've never seen as many signs out - "Help Wanted," "Help Wanted." You go through Knoxville, you go through Nashville, Memphis, you look up on the warehouses - "Help Wanted" and "We're Hiring." And we've never seen that before.
THE PRESIDENT: Best it's ever been.
MR. BOYER: It is.
THE PRESIDENT: Best it's ever been.
MR. BOYER: Best time I remember.
THE PRESIDENT: Therefore, we should do well in the midterms. They never report how well we're doing, which they don't like to do.
That's good. Come here. Appreciate it.
Go ahead.
MR. WALLER: On behalf of all of the hardworking men and women in the coal industry, we want to thank you for your support. It means a whole lot. Back in 2016, times were really tough. And the company that I worked for actually had downsized, you know, for the first time in the history of the company.
But the particular mine that I work at, I just want you to know that, in the last several months, we've added a hundred people. And we're looking to add -
THE PRESIDENT: It's a big difference, right?
MR. WALLER: Yeah, we're looking to add to 150 more.
THE PRESIDENT: Saved that industry. That industry was gone. And it's a very important - really, a very important asset for our country. That industry was gone. It was going to be out. And we would've had a big problem if it was gone. And they have great people in that industry. And that's what they want to do, right? Clean coal.
MR. WALLER: That's right.
THE PRESIDENT: What they do today, the technology on coal is so incredible. What they can do with coal today is from a different world. Good, beautiful clean coal. And you're back working, right?
MR. WALLER: Yes, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: That's fantastic.
MR. WALLER: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Are you Kentucky?
MR. WALLER: Yes, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Good. That's good. Say hello to everybody. I just left Kentucky. (Laughter.)
MR. WALLER: Hello, Kentucky.
THE PRESIDENT: You know, we had a big rally there the other night. It was incredible. Thousands and thousands of people outside of the arena. They couldn't get in. It was something really special, and they appreciate what we are doing.
MR. WALLER: Yes, they do.
THE PRESIDENT: So, just say hello.
Go ahead.
MR. KOVACH: Well, business has been off the charts across the board - steel, energy, oil, and gas. Our customer base - we're actually - we repair equipment. We are helping steel mills resurrect plants that were shuttered 10 years ago, bringing them back up to production to make American steel.
THE PRESIDENT: So one of things we're most proud about is what's happened with our steel industry. Our steel industry was dead. Our aluminum - the aluminum industry was dead. It was dead as a doornail - both of them.
And steel in particular, but aluminum also - steel is through the roof now. We're taxing the dumpers, the nations that dump. And they dump a lot of garbage - steel. Sand steel, mud steel, bad steel - not strong steel. And then we use it to fabricate beams for buildings and parts for airplanes, and they find it's no good. And in many cases, they don't know about until long afterwards, and in some cases when it's too late.
So now we're taxing them, and very, very heavily. And what's happening is the steel industry is thriving. I mean, literally, in a period of a year, the steel industry is just a hot industry right now. So it's been a great thing to see. Thank you very much.
Vice President, do you have anything to say? Mike?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to thank these six great Americans for coming in and helping to tell the story of this economic boom of 4.2 billion new jobs created and new signed legislation to pass the largest tax cut and tax reform in American history.
But what you and I both hear as we travel around the country is what we heard again this morning: Is that - the fact that this President and this Congress has actually passed more laws repealing federal red tape than any administration in American history is making just as much a difference in the prosperity of the nation.
So I want to thank all these folks, all the members of our Cabinet for coming here and helping to tell the story about rolling back red tape, rolling back taxes, getting this economy rolling again. But our promise to all of them, Mr. President, like you always say, is: We're just getting started.
THE PRESIDENT: That's true. That's true.
Administrator, tell me. EPA? Give us a little talk.
ADMINISTRATOR WHEELER: So far, under your leadership, we've rolled back 28 regulations, saving the American public $1.5 billion. You have another 54 deregulatory actions planned over the next year. At the same time, though, our air is getting cleaner, our water is getting cleaner. Air is 73 percent cleaner than it was in the 1970s. So we're deregulating, but we're protecting the environment at the same time.
THE PRESIDENT: And you're opening up and allowing businesses to open and thrive, as opposed to - they can't do it.
ADMINISTRATOR WHEELER: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Great job.
Linda? Please.
ADMINISTRATOR MCMAHON: Well, it's terrific. Mr. President, thank you very much for your vision of a commonsense approach to job growth. If you cut taxes, you roll back regulations, you get out of the way of small businesses, they will start to grow and expand. And that's exactly what we're seeing. And I have the benefit of being out on the road and interacting with companies like City Machine Technologies in Youngstown, and seeing exactly what they're doing. So, rollback of the regulatory environment really is boosting the businesses, and I see it and I feel it.
THE PRESIDENT: Great. Great job, Linda. Thank you.
Elaine?
SECRETARY CHAO: Mr. President, who would have thought a year ago that GDP growth for the third quarter would be 4.2 percent? People were surprised it was even over 3 percent in the second quarter. It was 2.2 in the second quarter.
THE PRESIDENT: They didn't think so. (Laughter.)
SECRETARY CHAO: The unemployment rate is now at 3.7 - it's the lowest in about 50 years. And at the Department of Labor, the previous eight years, the overall avalanche of regulations was strangling job creators, employers. And the Department was basically sending out about $3.1 billion annually in regulations that were not all useful. They didn't help safety. And David Boyer is here; he has driven over 2 million miles, without accidents, and he also will be named -
THE PRESIDENT: You never had an accident?
MR. BOYER: (Inaudible) driven 6 million miles -
THE PRESIDENT: I want him to drive for me. Well, how about you - (laughter) - I'll let (inaudible). That's pretty good, David.
SECRETARY CHAO: And he will be named the National Trucker of the Year by the American Trucking Association.
THE PRESIDENT: Wow. That's big stuff. (Applause.)
SECRETARY CHAO: So we want responsible regulations but regulations that make sense, that are not overly burdensome, that are not duplicative - you know, duplicative that don't make sense. And so, at the Department of Transportation, that's been our guidance as we go forward.
THE PRESIDENT: Thanks a lot. Thanks, Elaine.
So, Mr. Secretary, the largest landlord in the world. (Laughter.) At least the largest in this country, I guess.
SECRETARY ZINKE: Mr. President, I'd like to highlight the Southern Utes. This is an example of when you empower a great nation to do great things - they get free healthcare and free education. You know, and things are pretty tough out in Indian Country, but when you empower a great people to do great things by deregulating and making sure that they're involved in decision-making - and many times, sovereignty should mean something - this is a great example of the empowerment and the ability to shape your own future in Indian Country (inaudible) Southern Utes.
THE PRESIDENT: So, Secretary, tell us about energy and what's happened with energy. We've become the biggest in the world. A lot of it is because of what we've done. Tell us just quickly about that.
SECRETARY ZINKE: We are the largest oil and gas producer on the face of the planet. Inconceivable 600 days ago. For the first time in 60 years, we're exporting liquid natural gas. And what it means is there's $20 trillion of untapped wealth in this country. Energy - all above. And as you know, Mr. President, we're all the above.
We just want it made it America. And by having energy made in America, I don't want to ever be held hostage. I don't want to see your kids see what I've seen. There's a lot of reasons to fight, but fighting for energy is not one of them. And economically, we're seeing a rebirth. We have the lowest unsubsidized price in gasoline on the face of the planet, and that's because American energy has delivered.
THE PRESIDENT: So we're the largest in the world now - energy. And you said 600 days, and that's right. It's been - it's taken place very quickly. We've made it possible. We've opened it up. And thank you. And just if you look at oil prices, we're very happy we did, because it would not be a pretty picture right now. But now we don't need others. In the old days, we needed others, and that's how we got involved in the Middle East. We don't need others now.
Mick?
DIRECTOR MULVANEY: Mr. President, this is our second deregulatory day here. We had a chance to talk about this in the Cabinet a little bit. And the really good news - I don't think anybody has talked about it - is that we're actually doing better this year than we did last year. As good a year as we had last year on deregulation, this year is actually even better. More things taken off the books, more things slowed down. More savings for people. That's because it's a priority for you.
And everybody in the Cabinet has pulled in the same direction on this because they know it's a priority for you. It's been a priority for them. And the results are real. We have real, tangible savings. And everybody around here is benefitting from it.
On the banking front - which I sort of spent some time with across the street in my other job - the neat thing about that is that you look around the table - even the folks with the cameras - everyone here needs their community banks to be strong because they need access to capital, folks need mortgages, they need to borrow money for cars. And when our banking industry is strong, everybody else here does better. And we've made some real good progress on that the last couple weeks.
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