Author: Ripon Society
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March 10, 2015
“To be successful, we must learn to combine intensity of conviction with a broad tolerance of difference of conviction.” – Address at the Sorbonne, April 23, 1910
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“Let’s concentrate on the things we agree on.”
WASHINGTON, DC — In a speech to The Ripon Society, Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson discusses his results-oriented agenda and some of the challenges facing Republicans – and America – this year.
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March 3, 2015
“Each Congressman should be made to feel that it is his duty to support the law, and that he will be held to account if he fails to support it.” – Scribner’s Magazine, August 1895
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“Americans can compete anywhere with anyone.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Led by Chairman Pat Tiberi, Members of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee appeared before a meeting of The Ripon Society to discuss their efforts to approve several key trade agreements this year.
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February 24, 2015
“The disloyal man, whether his disloyalty is open or disguised, is our worst foe; but close behind him comes the man who, whether from wickedness or foolishness, assails his loyal fellow citizens because of the blood that flows in their veins.” – The Great Adventure, 1918
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Ripon Society Holds 5th Annual Legislative and Communications Directors Symposium on Leadership at Mount Vernon
WASHINGTON, DC — The Ripon Society held its 5th Legislative and Communications Directors Symposium at Mount Vernon this past Friday, an event that drew top Hill aides to the historic estate of America’s first President.
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February 17, 2015
“Washington, alike statesman, soldier, and patriot, stands alone. He was not only the greatest American; he was also one of the greatest men the world has ever known… Of Americans, Lincoln alone is worthy to stand even second.” – Gouverneur Morris, 1892
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AMERICA’S CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE
WASHINGTON, DC – With a short-term highway funding bill set to expire at the end of May, the latest edition of THE RIPON FORUM looks at the bipartisan effort to rebuild our nation’s aging bridges and roads.
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“Are We Becoming a Part-Time Economy?”
A new report by the Federal Reserve in Atlanta sheds light on today’s economy. When compared with 2007, the U.S. labor market now has about 2.5 million more people working part-time and about 2.2 million fewer people working full-time.
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“This is going to make a difference for every American.”
WASHINGTON, DC — Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Fred Upton (MI-6) appeared before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society yesterday morning, delivering a speech in which he not only talked about his panel’s 2014 accomplishments, but one of his top priorities in the coming year.
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February 10, 2015
“The man who is content to let politics go from bad to worse, jesting at the corruption of politicians, the man who is content to see the maladministration of justice without an immediate and resolute effort to reform it, is shirking his duty and is preparing the way for infinite woe in the future.” –…
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February 3, 2015
“The best scheme of government can do little more than provide against injustice, and then let the individual rise or fall on his own merits.” – The Outlook, July 28, 1900