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Washington,
D.C. –
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
joined
Congresswoman
Eleanor
Holmes
Norton
(D-DC)
in
Southeast
Washington
today
to
meet
with
local
residents
and
business
leaders
as
part
of
Scott's
National
Opportunity
Tour.
Sen.
Scott
and
Rep.
Norton
were
joined
by
members
of
the
community
and
discussed
solutions
and
initiatives
geared
toward
increasing
access
to
opportunity.
Washington
D.C.’s
Attorney
General
Karl
A.
Racine
and
representatives
from
Mayor
Muriel
Bowser’s
office
were
in
attendance.
Scott’s
Investing
in
Opportunity
Act
(IIOA),
which
was
passed
late
last
year
as
part
of
the
tax
reform,
was
a
focus
of
discussion.
The
stops
included
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.
Sen.
Scott
met
with
several
local
businesses.
Sen.
Scott participated
in a
roundtable
discussion
that
included
community
leaders,
local
residents
and
business
leaders.
Sen.
Scott
was
joined
by
Rep.
Norton on
this
stop
of
his
Opportunity
Tour.
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.
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