SECRETARIES EVANS, SNOW AND CHAO TO ANNOUNCE “JOBS AND GROWTH TOUR”
Bush Economic Team to Travel to Wisconsin, Minnesota to Discuss the President's Efforts to Strengthen the Economy and Create Jobs

Commerce Secretary Don Evans, Treasury Secretary John Snow and Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao will travel to Wisconsin and Minnesota on Tuesday, July 29 and Wednesday, July 30 to discuss the state of the economy and the recently enacted jobs and growth plan - as well as other efforts by President Bush to create jobs, strengthen the economic recovery and increase workers' standards of living.

During the "Jobs and Growth Tour" Secretaries Evans, Snow and Chao will participate in town hall style meetings, roundtables, and tours in the two states, and will meet with families, workers, manufacturers, local business leaders, economic officials, small business owners and individual investors.

“President Bush believes that everyone who wants a job should have the opportunity to get a job,” Secretary Evans said. “The most effective support we can provide for American workers is long-term economic growth. That’s why President Bush and his economic team worked hard with the Congress to enact the Jobs and Growth Act - the main elements of which are just beginning to take effect. I look forward to joining Secretaries Snow and Chao and traveling to the Midwest to listen and learn from hardworking Americans about jobs and economic growth.”

More than 1.7 million taxpayers in Minnesota, and another 1.8 million taxpayers in Wisconsin, will have lower income tax bills in 2003 as a result of President Bush's Jobs and Growth Act.

A schedule of the tour will be released at a later time.