Author: Ripon Society
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“I feel better about where we are today than at any time two years ago”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) appeared before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society yesterday morning, delivering a speech in which he expressed optimism not only about the strength of the Republican Majority in Congress, but the likelihood that Congress will pass legislation to reform America’s tax code and immigration system…
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June 4, 2013
“Power always brings with it responsibility. You cannot have power to work well without having so much power as to be able to work ill, if you turn yourselves that way.” – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 7, 1910
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May 28, 2013
“On this day, the 30th of May, 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, who poured out their blood like water in order that the mighty national structure raised by the fair-seeing…
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Washington Examiner: Ways and Means Committee wants to hear from IRS targets
Washington Examiner: Ways and Means Committee wants to hear from IRS targets
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“This is something that sends chills down regular Americans’ spines.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ripon Society hosted a breakfast meeting yesterday morning with Ways & Means Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (OH-12) and four of the House Republican Majority’s newest Members, who discussed the growing scandal involving the IRS, what they are hearing about the matter from their constituents, and why it could spur action on…
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May 21, 2013
“We are not to be excused if we fail to hold our public men to a rigid accountability if they fail, in their turn, to see that we have proper legislation and proper administration. No public man worth his salt will be other than glad to be held accountable in that fashion.” – San Francisco,…
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“We are a nation of immigrants.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a speech yesterday morning to a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (VA-6) discussed our nation’s immigration system and the effort he is leading to reform the system in a way that not only recognizes the importance of immigrants to America, but recognizes the importance…
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May 14, 2013
“We can as little afford to tolerate a dishonest man in the public service as a coward in the army.” – Washington, DC, October 15, 1903
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The Hill shines a spotlight on Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s speech to Ripon Society
The Hill shines a spotlight on Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s speech to Ripon Society
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In Speech to The Ripon Society, Cantor Touts Conservative Principles and the Importance of Making Those Principles Relevant to People’s Lives
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor appeared before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society yesterday morning, delivering a speech about common sense conservative principles and why it is critical for Republicans to apply those principles in a way that not only inspires people, but is also relevant to their lives.
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May 7, 2013
“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.” – Letter to the Proceedings of the Congress of Constructive Patriotism, January 10, 1917
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April 30, 2013
“There are good men and bad men of all nationalities, creeds and colors; and if this world of ours is ever to become what we hope some day it may become, it must be by the general recognition that the man’s heart and soul, the man’s worth and actions, determine his standing.” – Letter to…