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Washington,
D.C.
– This
afternoon,
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
and
Congresswoman
Eleanor
Holmes
Norton
(D-DC)
will
travel
to
Southeast
Washington
to
meet
with
local
residents
and
business
leaders
as
part
of Scott's
National
Opportunity
Tour.
The
purpose
of
this
visit
is
to
get
a
chance
to
sit
down
face-to-face
with
members
of
the
community
to
discuss
solutions
and
initiatives
geared
toward
increasing
access
to
opportunity,
including
discussing the Investing
in
Opportunity
Act
(IIOA) which
was
included
in
the
tax
reform
package
that
passed
late
last
year.
The
stop
will
include
a
roundtable
discussion,
visits
to
several
local
businesses,
and
remarks
on
the
IIOA
and
Sen.
Scott’s
overall
agenda
that
is
focused
on
promoting
job
creation
and
economic
growth
in
local
communities.
This
Ward
8
community
was
also
one
of
the
neighborhoods
nominated
as
an
Opportunity
Zone
by
D.C.
Mayor
Muriel
Bowser.
Sen.
Scott
first launched
his
National
Opportunity
Tour in
his
hometown
of
North
Charleston
this
past
March
and
since
then has
also
traveled
to
Miami,
Florida where
he
teamed
up
with
Sen.
Marco
Rubio
to
visit
several
high-potential
locations
in
the
south
Florida
region.
Today,
May
22,
2018
WHO: U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott, Congresswoman
Eleanor
Holmes
Norton
WHAT: National
Opportunity
Tour
WHEN: 1:00
pm
to
2:30pm
*Press
availability
will
take
place
at
2:30pm
WHERE: 1920
Martin
Luther
King
Jr.
Ave
SE,
Washington,
DC
20020
Interested
media
should
RSVP
to scott_press@scott.senate.gov.
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