Trump to give tax speech in North Dakota next week

President Trump will further his push for tax reform on Wednesday with a speech in North Dakota, the White House said.

The remarks will follow the launch of Trump’s efforts to sell a tax code rewrite earlier this week in Missouri. In that speech, Trump sold tax reform as a way to help revitalize Main Street and pressed both Republicans and Democrats to take action on the issue.

A White House official said that the content of Trump’s speech in North Dakota is likely to be similar to that of the Missouri address. The president may also reference energy issues, given that industry’s significant presence in North Dakota.

The location will also give Trump a chance to target another red-state Democrat, as he did earlier this week.

{mosads}North Dakota is home to Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat facing reelection next year in a state that Trump carried. In Missouri, Trump singled out Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and encouraged the audience to vote her out of office if she didn’t back tax cuts.

Tax reform is a top priority for both the White House as well as congressional Republicans, who view reforming the tax code as key to boosting economic growth. 

A group of key players in the GOP tax reform effort, known as the “Big Six,” is expected to meet with Trump at the White House on Tuesday. This group includes Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn.

The president is also expected to meet with a bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders on Wednesday.