here is jim renacci, house ways and means committee member. he was at that tax committee meeting with president trump. frankly i care a lot more about that than what the president started to talk about, i have to ask you, was the message about tax cuts plan two overshadowed by the russia thing? into well, no, look the president made a mistake. he admitted it. talked about what he believed with our intelligence system. he started talking about tax 2.0. that was the gist of the meeting. we talked a lot about making sure middle americans have the tax break. permanency was a big issue. avenues was a big issue. a lot of people back home in ohio where i'm from are seeing more money in their pocketbooks. we're saying they have more opportunities to save it, put it in savings accounts, 401(k)s, all those type of things. in the end it is about keeping your own money and make sure you have enough money for yourself and your family going forward. david: congressman, you're unusual in congress. first you're a former business person. a lot of people don't

jim renacci and claudia tenney. we have some very special other folks here in a very high administrative capacity. we have a favorite of mine, governor scott walker. what a job he's done. [applause] thank you, scott. nd montana state auditor, matt rosendale. hear you're doing good, matt. i hear big things from matt. we're really especially grateful to be joined today by the top c.e.o.'s, union leaders, trade associations, and educators from all around the country. these are the biggest, these are the best, these are the most talented. among those -- and i am going to be introducing them and go around the table with them as they sign their pledge, but i have a friend of mine for a long time, the really founder and creator and i heard he did a report at his school and he got low marks because they said it couldn't work and he ended up getting very high marks because it's a company called fedex. is that a correct story? pretty correct, right? that professor didn't know what happened. fred smith. thank you, fred. [appla

congressman jim renacci joins us, he is in cleveland and congressman, before you were elected you were. how far do you think this tit-for-tat trade war could go? >> well, first off, thank you for having me. what i've said all along the next best president is going to do some things that people will be uncomfortable with because we have to change this. we can't continue to have these unfair trade policies especially with china. i'm glad to see the president doing what he is doing. in the end it's part of negotiations and i think this is what this president does best. let's see where we end up. it will be a little uncomfortable for a while but i don't think this president nor anyone wants a trade war. he wants fair trade with these countries. it is not there now. when you travel the world and find out american goods, we pay 20% or 25% or 10% when we go to other countries but 2% when they come back is unfair right now. >> eric: what about the critics who say it will hurt the economy and hurt american workers? >> well, i think long run it will help the economy because we'll be able to move

[applause] jim renacci and claudia tenney. [applause] we have some very special other folks here in a very high add a morive capacity -- administrative capacity. we have a favorite of mine, governor scott walker. what a job he's done. [applause] thank you, scott. and montana's state auditor, matt rosendale. matt, great, i i hear you're are doinged good, matt. [applause] i hear big things from matt. we're really especially grateful to be join today by the top ceos, union leaders, trade associations and educators from all around the country. these are the biggest, these are the best, these are the most talented. among those that i'm going to be introducing and going around the table with them as they sign their pledge, but we have a friend of mine for a long time, the really founder and creator and i heard he did a report at his school and and he got low marks because they said it couldn't work, and he ended up getting very high marks because it's a company called fedex. is that a correct story? pretty correct, right? that profe

ohio republican congressman jim renacci was in that room. he is running for senate in ohio.pponent, so, so far we yet to hear back from him. congressman, let me start with you, first and foremost i know president trump doesn't like using the word reform so i try not to use it. tax cuts, money-making whatever you call it, what's it look like? there are a lot of opinions. how is it coming along so far? >> look the tax cuts and jobs bill is working. it is working in ohio as i travel the state. shawl -- small businesses are talking bin creasing employment and raising wages, and they're doing it. they'regying out bonuses and reinvesting into their company. we have over 600,000 more employees in the workforce because of all the growth across the country. that is a labor statistic that just came out. when you look at this you know we're getting what we need, jobs, economy is growing but also the stock market is growing. i heard you talking earlier. that helps pensioneers, police, firefighters, all the pensions growing at same time. this gives people consumer confidence to spend mor

charles: joining us congressman jim renacci from ohio.essman, we should point out you are a harley guy yourself. >> absolutely, charles. good morning. i not only ride a harley, but i also have dealerships with harley. i am a big harley dealer. i am disappointed as is the president. i realize harley has to do this, they're competing with tariffs overseas, not united states tariffs. these countries will not let harley-davidson bring bikes in. don't blame the tariffs in america. i don't believe they should be blaming president or tariffs this president is imposing. they should look at their model, explaining it better because right now this was planned long before the president was ever talking about tariffs. charles: to your point, motorcycle registration in america peaked in 2,006,540,000. last year, at 288,000. their prime market cut 50%. everyone understands the need to find growing markets. they went to the white house in february. used it as a photo-op, all the while knew they would make major changes, do production outside of this cou