Author: Ripon Society
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October 24, 2017
“Absolute equality, absolute justice in matters of taxation will probably never be realized; but we can approximate it much more closely than at present.” – Annual Message as Governor, January 3, 1900
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Ripon Society Hosts Discussion with Team Ryan
WASHINGTON, DC – Jonathan Burks, Chief of Staff to House Speaker Paul Ryan, and three other members of the Speaker’s staff appeared before The Ripon Society to discuss tax reform & other GOP priorities this fall.
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October 17, 2017
“An honest, courageous, and far-sighted politician is a good thing in any country.” – Speech at National University, Cairo, Egypt, March 28, 1910
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“My view is you put the consumer first in these things.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Energy & Commerce Committee Committee Chairman Greg Walden spoke to The Ripon Society about the Equifax data breach and the prospects that Congress may taken action on the issue this year. That’s what U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (OR-2) had to say about the Equifax data breach and the prospects that Congress might…
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October 10, 2017
“Our history has been one of expansion, the expansion being of different kinds at different times. This expansion is not a matter of regret, but of pride.” – Speech at Minnesota State Fair, September 2, 1901
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“If you’re going to do tax reform once in a generation, you should really build it for growth.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Ways & Means Committee members Erik Paulsen and Jim Renacci appeared before The Ripon Society to discuss the effort to rewrite the nation’s tax code and restore a sense of fairness to the law.
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October 3, 2017
“We must soberly set to work to find out all we can about the existence and extent of every evil, must acknowledge it to be such, and must then attack it with unyielding resolution.” – The Forum Magazine, April 1894
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“What good is conservatism if you can’t also be effective?”
WASHINGTON, DC – The leaders of the three main caucuses among House Republicans appeared before The Ripon Society, where they discussed areas of agreement within the GOP Conference, and the challenges that lie ahead.
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September 26, 2017
“It is a bad thing to permit sensationalism and hysteria to shape the development of our sports.” – Speech at Harvard University, June 28, 1905
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September 19, 2017
“Speak softly and carry a big stick.” – Speech at Minnesota State Fair, September 2, 1901
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“Infrastructure is not a Republican or a Democrat issue. It has always been an American issue.”
WASHINGTON, DC – The Ripon Society held a discussion with the bipartisan leaders of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, who discussed the effort to find common ground on a plan to rebuild America’s roads.
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Charlie Baker should help reclaim the GOP or leave it
Charlie Baker should help reclaim the GOP or leave it