Classified closed hearing, following his explosive disclosure that the President Trump Transition Team was surveilled. And President Trump continues to deliver on his promise to create jobs and put america first. Reversing an obama decision by approving the keystone pipeline. Today we take one more step in putting the jobs, wages and Economic Security of american citizens first. Weekly sta standards fred barnes. And stee steve forbes among our guest. Lou obamacare is still law of the land, and will likely be for some time to come, speaker ryan this afternoon pulled healthcare legislation that would have replaced obamacare just minutes before a vote that was scheduled in the house. Speaker ryan pulled bill when it became clear that republicans did not have necessary votes, move follows failed intend effort to get conservative and moderate republicans to support the legislation. Fox news chief congressional correspondent, mike emanuel has been covering the action all day from capitol hil
Job creation there. And then there was this very unique opportunity where Lin Wes Moreland decided not to run again. He was a great member of congress for 12 years. And we decided to take the lessons that we had learned about Economic Development, about jobs and education and Community Redevelopment and see if we could bring some of those ideas that really worked to washington. What was the key when you were mayor to bringing industry back into an area that had suffered such a loss . There were several things that we found to be to be very important. Number one, you have to have the tax, the right tax environment. Creating a tax structure where companies with successful is important particularly in the first few years as they are getting going. Making sure that you have the right Regulatory Environment is incredibly important. As soon as we took down the barriers to regulation and we became a partner with industry instead of government being an obstacle we made it a great place do busi
Job creation there. And then there was this very unique opportunity where Lin Wes Moreland decided not to run again. He was a great member of congress for 12 years. And we decided to take the lessons that we had learned about Economic Development, about jobs and education and Community Redevelopment and see if we could bring some of those ideas that really worked to washington. What was the key when you were mayor to bringing industry back into an area that had suffered such a loss . There were several things that we found to be to be very important. Number one, you have to have the tax, the right tax environment. Creating a tax structure where companies with successful is important particularly in the first few years as they are getting going. Making sure that you have the right Regulatory Environment is incredibly important. As soon as we took down the barriers to regulation and we became a partner with industry instead of government being an obstacle we made it a great place do busi
Congressman drew ferguson, west point, georgia, born and raised. Whats west point, georgia like . Its a remak mark Able Community and its my hometown is something im very proud of, the progress that its made. And we were a community that lost really our manufacturing backbone. We were the home of one of the larnlest textile companies in the world and we watched some pretty bad policy out of washington, d. C. , force those jobs overseas. And so we lived for a decade in a half in a pretty tough economy, saw a generation fall into poverty for the first time in the communitys history. And it was very refreshing to see our community pull together and lead an effort to bring advanced manufacturing back in the form of the Automotive Industry and we loaned the kia motors manufacturing plant in north america and its been a remarkable turn around fot community. The thing that we learned is the jobs are so important. You were a dentist for 20 years before you entered politics. Is that why you wan
We are a community that lost our manufacturing backbone. We were the home of one of the largest textile companies in the world and we watched some bad policy out of washington d. C. Force those jobs overseas so we lived for a decade and a half in a tough economy. We saw generation fall into poverty for the first time in the communitys history and was very refreshing to see our community pull together in an effort to bring advanced manufacturing back in the automotive manufacturing. We landed the kia plants. Its been a remarkable turnaround. Weve learned jobs are so important. You were a dentist for 20 years before you entered politics. Is that why you wanted to run for mayor because of what was happening in your community. I was content practicing dentistry and raising my children and having our family see some level of prosperity, but what we realized was because of the changes going on in our community, we had to get involved in Public Service. Thats when i iran for mayor. We got inv