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Tim Scott: “My hope is a simple one: That as we see the manifestation and the creation around the country of Opportunity Zones that…”

On the recordMay 16, 2018
My hope is a simple one: That as we see the manifestation and the creation around the country of Opportunity Zones that we will be having another joint meeting in a year, in two years, so that we can measure the progress made in reasonable time and that we can celebrate in a bipartisan fashion of the Opportunity Zone while it was a part of the Republican package for tax cuts and jobs, it is not a partisan legislation.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Tim Scott emphasizes the bipartisan nature of Opportunity Zones and hopes for future progress meetings.

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