Author: Ripon Society
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March 21, 2017
“In the ordinary and low sense which we attach to the words ‘partisan’ and ‘politician,’ a judge of the Supreme Court should be neither.” Letter to Henry Cabot Lodge July 10, 1902
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“This is the opportunity. The time is now.”
WASHINGTON, DC – In remarks before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society, Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess expressed optimism about the effort in Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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March 14, 2017
“The people who have come to this country from Ireland have contributed to the stock of our common citizenship qualities which are essential to the welfare of every great nation.” Speech to the Society of Friendly Sons of St. Patrick March 17, 1905
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March 7, 2017
“The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society; but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.” -Speech in Washington, DC, April 14, 1906
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Chaos is easy. Governance is hard.
Chaos is easy. Governance is hard.
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“We’ve got a country that looks at 70,000 pages, and they’re completely crushed by it.”
WASHINGTON, DC – In remarks to The Ripon Society, Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee Chair Peter Roskam and Subcommittee Members Jim Renacci & Pat Meehan expressed optimism and a sense of urgency about tax reform in 2017.
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Trump to give Air Force One treatment to all programs, nothing ‘sacred’
Trump to give Air Force One treatment to all programs, nothing ‘sacred’
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“Whatever has been done before, whatever is sacred now that you have been privy to, no longer exists.”
WASHINGTON, DC – In remarks to The Ripon Society’s 7th Annual Senior Staff Symposium at Mount Vernon, Trump campaign veterans Corey Lewandowski and Barry Bennett offered blunt advice to top Hill aides about the Trump Presidency.
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February 28, 2017
“The fundamental rule in our national life — the rule which underlies all others — is that, on the whole, and in the long run, we shall go up or down together.” -First Annual Message, December 3, 1901
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Fox News Sunday Anchor Chris Wallace Headlines Ripon Society’s 7th Annual Symposium on Leadership at Mount Vernon
WASHINGTON, DC — The Ripon Society held its annual symposium for senior congressional staff, a daylong event that drew nearly 150 top Hill aides to the historic estate of America’s first President.
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Poll shift: Voters eager for government to do more, ‘hopeful’ about Trump
Poll shift: Voters eager for government to do more, ‘hopeful’ about Trump