federation is given a voice to the court s first, the grocers, the department stores, internet retailers, and all the other retailers that are literally, the backbone of every american community. the business is represented in this room, make a remarkable difference in the life of the american people everyday. as president trump said when he met with the retailers earlier this year, you re one of the great job producers in america, and it is true. retailers are one of the largest employers in america today, and in fact, a stunning one in four american jobs depend on the retail industry. the national retail federation sums it up best. retail means jobs, and the best days for american retailers are up ahead here and i that. i would like to take a moment to read and has all the retail champions who are here today, and especially, danny reynolds
live pictures from the white house. we re going to around the room. we ll introduce ourselves. some of you i ve read about on the covers of business magazines. it s great to have you here. thank you very much. i m pleased to host all of you at the white house, the ceos, some of the great ceos of our country and the biggest of the retail industry, which is very important to the country in supporting millions and millions of jobs. really one of the great job producers. probably would you say almost number one? pretty close, right? it is number one. there s a lot of confidence in our economy right now. there s a great confidence level. you ve been seeing that in the stock market. you ve been seeing that in businesses. and you ve been seeing that on
benjamin netanyahu. let s listen in now. one of my favorite subjects, retail. how are we doing? just perfect. good morning. nice to see you. so it s nice to see we have some great retailers here today. we re going to go around the room, and we ll all introduce ourselves. some of you i ve read about on the covers of business magazines and it s great to have you here. thank you very much. i m pleased to host all of you at the white house. the ceos, some of the great ceos of our country and the biggest in the retail industry which is very important to the country. it s supporting millions and millions of jobs. really one of the great job producers. probably, would you say, almost number one? pretty close? it is number one. yes, there s a lot of confidence in our economy right now.
business. whether or not governor brewer vetoes this, arizona has become a national joke. listen to what happened last night. this would allow business owners asserting religious believes to deny service to gay customers. a sign that says nice shirt, nice shoe, no service. hah hah but they have to deal with that. how do you deal with it? well, we stick to the facts. this is one of the top ten markets in the united states. ironically, site selection magazine will come out and name greater phoenix the top market in the western half of the united states. that s why we oppose a lot of policy exercises. arizona is such a great place to do businesses. we re one of the top job producers in the u.s. year in
reporter: true. but they disagreed on how to avoid them. republicans want entitlement reform. the president asks for higher taxes and new spending programs. i m announcing the launch of three more of these manufacturing hubs. use some of our oil and gas revenues to fund an energy security front. put people to work as soon as possible on our most urgent repairs. make high-quality free school available to every single child in america. redesign america s high schools so they better equip graduates. our taxes are job producers. more spending because we continue to destroy jobs. last winter our cameras followed you through the showdown, the sequester showdown. and one telling moment was after the state of the union. was that speech a turning point that some republicans said he s not hearing us, this thing s going to kick in? the president s not hearing the american people. they want spending cuts. and they see that as the only mechanism where spending cuts are actually taking pla