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Yahoo
News!: “Republicans
don’t
often
talk
about
poverty,
and
they
strategize
even
less
about
how
to
address
it.
This
group,
which
is
Scott’s
brainchild,
aims
to
change
that.
Scott
says
that
despite
the
exclusivity
of
the
group,
including
only
Republicans,
this
isn’t
a
branding
effort.
“I’m
not
here
to
make
the
Republican
Party
stronger,”
he
says.
“I’m
here
to
make
the
country
stronger.”
(‘Tim
Scott
rounds
up
GOP
senators
to
focus
on
poverty’,
National)
McClatchy
DC:
“Named
theSenate
Opportunity
Coalition,
the
group
will
focus
on
reaching
out
to
families
living
in
distressed
communities
to
see
what
works,
and
what
doesn’t.
Though
well-intentioned,
most
previous
“cookie
cutter
approaches”
to
fight
poverty
have
not
accomplished
their
goals,
Scott
said.”
(‘Sen.
Tim
Scott:
It’s
time
to
stop
talking
about
poverty
–
and
listen’
DC)
Roll
Call: "I
think
our
goal
initially
is
to
ensure
that
the
conservative
movement,
those
of
us
who
believe
in
limited
government
and
free
enterprise,
have
answers
and
ideas
with
regard
to
this
issue
and
that
it’s
being
coordinated
in
that
way,”
Rubio
said.”
(GOP
Senators
launch
poverty
focus
group,
DC)
Post
and
Courier,
South
Carolina:
“…
South
Carolina
Republican
formally
unveiled
his
new
“Senate
Opportunity
Coalition,”
a
group
of
five
Republicans
he’s
brought
together
who
share
the
same
interest
in
promoting
a
kinder,
gentler
party
often
criticized
for
speaking
past
the
problem
with
dispassionate
graphs,
charts
and
numbers.”
(‘Scott
expands
his
‘Opportunity
Agenda’
with
‘Opportunity
Coalition’,
South
Carolina)
107.3
KIOW: “We
are
not
looking
at
numbers,
but
instead
meeting
with
people.
Instead
of
waiting
to
talk,
we
are
eager
to
listen.
We
look
to
take
the
lessons
learned
by
those
on
the
ground,
grinding
out
the
best
living
they
can,
and
use
those
to
power
a
new
kind
of
solution…a
brighter,
more
prosperous
future.
(Senators
launch
Senate
Opportunity
Coalition,
Iowa)
The
Norman
Transcript:
““The
fact
of
the
matter
is
that
the
American
Dream
is
not
reaching
everyone.
For
decades,
government
has
been
primarily
focused
on
treating
the
symptoms
of
poverty.
Our
policy
approach
should
focus
more
on
actually
reducing
and
eliminating
barriers
to
upward
mobility.”
(Senator
Lankford
joins
group
to
launch
anti-poverty
effort,
Oklahoma)
News
13
TVTV: “In
a
state
with
abundant
natural
resources,
it’s
tragic
that
there
are
areas
in
Alaska
that
have
some
of
the
highest
costs
of
living
in
the
nation,
and
highest
rates
of
poverty”
(Senator
Sullivan
helps
launch
coalition,
Alaska)
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