Author: Ripon Society
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“Make it bold, make it permanent, and make it now.”
WASHINGTON, DC – In a speech to The Ripon Society, Ways & Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady laid out his vision for reforming the nation’s tax code and his hope to have a plan signed into law by the end of the year.
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June 6, 2017
“The business of a statesman is to try constantly to keep international relations better, to do away with causes of friction, and secure as nearly as ideal justice as actual conditions will permit.” – Letter to Baron Kentaro Kaneko, May 23, 1907
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May 30, 2017
“It is a good thing for all Americans, and it is an especially good thing for young Americans, to remember the men who have given their lives in war and peace to the service of their fellow countrymen.” – Preface to Hero Tales from American History, 1895
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“It’s not about you…it’s about the people around you.”
WASHINGTON, DC – As America prepares to mark another Memorial Day, The Ripon Society held a breakfast discussion with three Members of Congress who are all too familiar with the service and sacrifice required to keep America secure.
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May 23, 2017
“We cannot sit huddled within our own borders and avow ourselves merely an assemblage of well-to-do hucksters who care nothing for what happens beyond. Such a policy would defeat even its own end.” – Speech before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, April 10, 1899
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“At the heart of the opportunity we now have is the opportunity to rethink the federal government.”
WASHINGTON, DC – House GOP Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers spoke to The Ripon Society about the effort to reform health care & rewrite tax code, and why Congress has an opportunity to change the way Washington works.
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May 16, 2017
“I would rather go out of politics feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I had acted as I ought not to.” – Speech in the New York Assembly, March 2, 1883
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“The grip of this epidemic is not identical in every state, but it is everywhere.”
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Rob Portman spoke to The Ripon Society about the fight against opioid abuse and other challenges facing Ohio, including the need for higher wages and affordable health care.
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May 9, 2017
“The soul of France, at this moment, seems purified of all dross; it burns like the clear flame of fire on a sacred tripod.” – Fear God and Take Your Own Part, 1916
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GOP’s McCarthy: Trump ‘has changed the course’ of America
GOP’s McCarthy: Trump ‘has changed the course’ of America
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“One-third of our entire nation now has only one option.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Just hours before the House approved landmark health care legislation, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy spoke to The Ripon Society about the need for reform & to express optimism about the bill’s passage.
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Common Sense Budgeting: Sen. Isakson Keeps Pushing Reforms
Common Sense Budgeting: Sen. Isakson Keeps Pushing Reforms