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Charleston,
SC
–
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott’s
(R-SC)
primary
goal
in
the
Senate
is
ensuring
children
and
families
have
access
to
opportunity.
His
Opportunity
Agenda,
which
includes
his
latest
bill
the
Investing
in
Opportunity
Act,
focuses
on
helping
Americans
living
in
poverty
succeed
with
access
to
quality
education,
apprenticeships,
and
capital
gains.
Yesterday,
the
Post
&
Courier
(Charleston,
SC)
highlighted
his
continued
efforts
to
help
South
Carolinians
and
low-income
communities
across
the
country.
Tim
Scott
wants
to
fix
poverty,
one
human
interaction
at
a
time
Post
&
Courier
Emma
Dumain
July
4,
2016
During
a
recent
event
on
Capitol
Hill,
U.S.
Sen.
Tim
Scott
began
his
remarks
behind
a
microphone.
By
the
time
he’d
finished
telling
the
audience
of
children’s
advocates
the
story
of
his
upbringing
—
son
of
a
single
mom,
practically
failing
out
of
school,
“mired
in
poverty”
in
North
Charleston
—
he
was
standing
in
front
of
the
lectern.
(…)
Scott
already
has
an
agenda,
which
he
didn’t
neglect
to
mention.
It’s
called
the
“Opportunity
Agenda,”
and
it’s
actually
a
series
of
Senate
bills
focused
on
doing
just
that.
There’s
a
bill
that
would
give
tax
credits
to
employers
who
create
apprenticeships.
Another
would
give
parents
more
flexibility
on
where
they
send
their
children
to
school.
His
most
recent
proposal
has
“opportunity”
in
its
title
and
deals
specifically
with
poverty.
The
“Investing
in
Opportunity
Act”
would
use
the
tax
code
to
encourage
long-term
investments
of
private
dollars
into
some
of
the
country’s
poorest
areas,
or
what
Scott
calls
“distressed
communities.”
This
is
the
bill
Scott
is
promoting
the
hardest
these
days
at
speaking
engagements,
in
op-ed
pages
and
during
committee
hearings.
It
has
co-sponsors
in
both
parties
and
chambers.
Outside
groups
are
also
enthusiastic.
(…)
Scott
is
aware
his
ability
to
be
relatable
is
an
asset
in
talking
about
poverty
to
real
people,
which
in
his
view
will
make
a
bigger
difference
than
lecturing
his
colleagues.
“I
am
not
limiting
myself
to
this
notion
that
all
answers
come
through
platforms
and
politics.
My
goal
is
to
touch
lives
where
they
live
and
to
find
advocates
and
allies
and
resources
through
every
major
pillar
of
our
society,”
he
explained.
“We
need
to
have
a
new
conversation
about
solving
an
old
problem.
We
too
often
have
a
political
conservation
in
election
cycles.
I
want
to
have
a
long-distance
run
with
friends
who
are
gathering
through
different
walks
of
life.”
(…)
Scott
started
selling
the
end
user
in
the
first
days
of
2013,
just
after
he
was
appointed
from
the
House
to
the
Senate
by
Gov.
Nikki
Haley.
Suddenly
responsible
for
a
whole
state
rather
than
a
district,
he
set
out
to
meet
his
new
constituents.
Without
telling
even
his
staff,
he
started
going
undercover,
mixing
with
those
in
the
workforce.
He
worked
a
few
hours
at
a
shoe
store;
he
rode
a
single
bus
line
all
over
town
chatting
with
passengers.
At
a
Goodwill
donation
center
in
Greenville,
a
supervisor
asked
Scott
if
he
was
doing
court-ordered
volunteer
work.
Now
that
he’s
been
in
office
a
few
more
years
and
his
profile
has
grown,
it’s
harder
to
speak
to
people
as
though
he
were
just
another
salesman,
stockroom
employee
or
checkout
clerk.
He
still
makes
the
rounds,
recently
making
coffee
drinks
as
a
barista
in
a
Mount
Pleasant
Starbucks.
Now
he’s
there
in
his
capacity
as
Sen.
Scott,
not
“Tim.”
(…)
“We
are
going
to
focus
this
message
in
as
many
environments
as
possible
in
an
attempt
to
create
a
big
net,
a
wide
net,”
Scott
said,
“and
then
we
are
going
to
pull
it
and
we
are
going
to
watch
people
celebrate
and
get
excited
about
a
renaissance
that’s
going
to
happen
in
places
where
a
renaissance
has
not
been
in
a
very
long
time.”
For
those
who
would
point
out
that
Scott’s
job
is
to
be
a
legislator,
which
necessitates
a
focus
on
legislation,
Scott
just
smiled.
“That’s
why
I
have
a
legislative
agenda.”
You
can
read
the
entire
article
HERE.
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