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Charleston,
SC
–
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC),
along
with
a
group
of
his
conservative
colleagues,
recently
launched
the
Senate
Opportunity
Coalition
–
a
new
initiative
aiming
to
ensure
every
family
across
our
nation
has
access
to
the
American
Dream.
The
National
Review
highlighted
the
Senate
Opportunity
Coalition
and
their
effort
to
find
conservative
solutions
to
the
issue
of
opportunity,
by
spending
time
with
their
constituents
and
sharing
firsthand
experiences.
Senator
Tim
Scott:
Putting
a
Face
on
Poverty
National
Review
Alexandra
DeSanctis
Oct.
24,
2016
Senator
Tim
Scott
of
South
Carolina
recruited
his
fellow
senators
to
join
his
Senate
Opportunity
Coalition
when
he
realized
that
a
number
of
them
were
focused
on
similar
anti-poverty
efforts
in
their
home
states.
“They
all
have
passion
for
people
in
vulnerable
situations,”
Scott
says
to
National
Review.
“Some,
if
not
all,
of
them
were
already
working
on
issues
to
deal
with
the
most
vulnerable.”
Each
of
these
seven
senators
brings
a
unique
perspective
to
solving
poverty
at
the
local
level,
shaped
by
their
experience
and
the
specific
poverty
issues
that
afflict
their
constituents.
(…)
“We
wanted
to
focus
our
attention
with
a
specific
group
of
senators
from
diverse
backgrounds,
diverse
states
who
each
bring
something
to
the
table
on
the
issue
of
opportunity,”
Scott
added.
(…)
Rather
than
building
a
vast
legislative
agenda,
these
young
senators
plan
to
spend
—
and
already
have
spent
—
a
great
deal
of
time
traveling
across
their
respective
states,
listening
to
their
constituents,
and
learning
more
about
the
unique
problems
they
face.
With
that
information,
the
coalition
will
identify
the
barriers
to
climbing
out
of
poverty
and
try
to
develop
legislative
solutions.
It
was
very
important
to
Scott
that
each
senator
understand
the
method
he
had
in
mind:
begin
not
with
a
legislative
agenda
but
rather
by
listening
before
acting,
learning
from
individual
communities
by
being
accessible
to
constituents.
(…)
This
new
coalition
of
optimistic
young
senators
believes
those
projects
can
take
shape
with
Republican
initiative
—
but
only
if
legislators
sincerely
listen
to
their
constituents
and
develop
solutions
using
the
conservative
principles
of
limited
government
and
free
enterprise,
coupled
with
compassion.
(…)
In
a
recent
coalition
meeting,
Scott
stressed
that
solutions
must
come
from
the
heart.
“You’re
not
listening
to
people
who
have
a
legislative
agenda
to
solve
a
problem,”
he
said.
“You’re
listening
to
people
who
have
a
heart,
to
present
solutions
to
problems
that
have
been
systemic.
.
.
.
The
solution
is
having
people
who
love
people
go
to
where
they
are
and
have
a
conversation.”
(…)
“We’re
shattering
this
misperception
that
somehow
Republicans
do
not
connect
our
hearts
and
our
heads.
It’s
just
hogwash,”
Scott
adds.
“We’re
talking
about
folks
who
have
a
heart
for
people,
and
for
us
to
close
the
gap,
people
have
to
know
that
there
is
opportunity
available.
And
one
of
the
ways
for
them
to
know
that
is
to
show
up.”
You
can
read
the
entire
article
HERE.
You
can
also
download
the
coalition’s
initial
document
HERE.
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