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Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill will travel to four Southern cities next week to discuss the economy.
During visits Monday, September 23 and Tuesday, September 24, to cities in Kentucky and Tennessee the Secretary will meet with employers and workers to hear about local economic conditions and will discuss President Bush’s efforts to strengthen the economic recovery, from cutting taxes last year and enacting a stimulus package this spring to advancing free trade now that the President has trade promotion authority and repeating the President’s call on Congress to enact terrorism risk insurance and pension security.
The Secretary’s objective is to meet with people on the front lines of the American economy - small business owners, employees, individual investors, business leaders, economists and farmers - to discuss where our economy stands, the impact of the policies we have put in place, and the steps we are taking as we move forward.While on this Southern tour, the Secretary will meet with local employers and visit local businesses where he will speak to employees.
Open Press Events of the Secretary’s trip to the South:
Monday, September 23
Lexington, KY
9:00 - 10:30AM Remarks to the Lexington Chamber of Commerce and University of Kentucky Business School Students University of Kentucky
Worsham Theatre
Lexington, KY40506
Louisville, KY
1:00 - 2:00PM Remarks to the Greater Louisville Chamber of Commerce Vincenzo’s Restaurant
150 S. 5 th St .
Louisville, KY40202-3102
(502)580-1350
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3:45 - 5:15 PM Tour of UPS Facility UPS Facility at LouisvilleInternationalAirport
911 Grade Lane
Louisville, KY40213
Press Stakeout at Conclusion of Tour Only. Tuesday, September 24
Nashville, TN
8:00 - 9:00AM Remarks at Vanderbilt University OwenBusinessSchool
VanderbiltUniversity
2300 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, TN37090
12:30 - 1:30PM Tour of Dell Plant Dell Computer Corp.
6850 Eastgate Blvd.
Lebanon, TN37090
Press Stakeout at Conclusion of Tour Only.