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NEWS
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Chairman Hill Charts Path to Year-End Legislative Goals
WASHINGTON, DC – House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02) discussed the priorities and progress of the 119th Congress, highlighting landmark legislation on housing, digital assets, and capital formation — and outlining the committee’s path to the finish line before the end of the term.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The Ripon Society held a breakfast discussion yesterday morning with two leading voices in the fight to get spending under control – House Financial Services Vice-Chair Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04) and Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) President Maya MacGuineas.
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WASHINGTON, DC – With less than six months until the 2026 midterms, The Ripon Society held a lunch discussion yesterday focused on another critical campaign in which Republicans will fight to expand their current majority on Capitol Hill.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Representative Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) and Representative Blake Moore (R-UT-01), two stars of their respective parties — and baseball teams — will preview the upcoming Congressional Baseball Game and discuss their bipartisan work on the House Ways and Means Committee.
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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (MN-06) will discuss the legislative agenda heading into summer and the message of the House Republican Conference as Americans begin thinking about the mid-term elections later this year.
TEDDY TWEETS
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“The vital thing for the nation no less than the individual to remember is that, while dreaming and talking both have their uses, these uses must chiefly exist in seeing the dream realized and the talk turned into action.” Stafford Little Lecture at Princeton University, November 1917
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“We call to mind the deaths of those who died that the nation might live, who wagered all that life holds dear for the great prize of death in battle.” Remarks on Memorial Day, Arlington, Virginia, May 30, 1902
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“Under our form of government voting is not merely a right but a duty, and, moreover, a fundamental and necessary duty if a man is to be a good citizen.” Seventh Annual Message December 3, 1907
RIPON FORUM
Volume 60, No. 2
April 2026
Will Americans benefit from year-round E15 sales? No…
The narrow issue of E15 sales obscures the fact that the only reason so much ethanol is consumed is because government requires it.
Will Americans benefit from year-round E15 sales? Yes…
Millions of drivers are already keeping more money in their pockets by choosing E15, with average savings of 10 to 40 cents per gallon and savings at some stations reaching as high as 60 cents.