Category: News
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Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan Discusses RSC Priorities and Budget Battles in Speech to The Ripon Society
WASHINGTON, DC – In a speech this morning to a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society, Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (OH-4) discussed the priorities of the RSC for the coming year and shared his thoughts on the budget battles currently underway on Capitol Hill. “The RSC is real simple,” Jordan stated. “It’s the…
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McCain Delivers Straight Talk on the Budget
“A lot of Americans understandably do not support another increase in the debt limit unless they see a path to a balanced budget.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – In remarks to The Ripon Society this past Thursday, U.S. Senator John McCain took questions from the group and delivered some characteristic straight talk about the current budget debate in…
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Senator McCain Expresses Support for Removing Qaddafi from Power in Speech to The Ripon Society
Also predicts “Arab Spring” may spread to other parts of the world WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator John McCain, the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the 2008 Republican Presidential nominee, spoke to a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society this morning, delivering a speech in which he not only expressed his support…
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Burr Says Rising Gas Prices and Unrest in the Middle East Provide GOP with Opportunity to Craft National Energy Policy
But cautions his party to not set expectations too high about what can be accomplished WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a speech at a Ripon Society energy forum last Thursday, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) said rising gas prices and unrest in the Middle East provide Republicans in Congress with an opportunity to do something that is…
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Hastings Criticizes Administration Policy on Fossil Fuels as Being “Foolish”
WASHINGTON, DC – In a speech at an energy forum hosted by The Ripon Society last Thursday, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-4) expressed his support for an “all of the above” energy policy and criticized the Obama Administration for ignoring the abundance of fossil fuels in the United States. “I personally believe…
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Whitfield Discusses Energy & Power Subcommittee Agenda at Ripon Society Forum on America’s Energy Future
Expresses support for “all of the above” energy policy and opposition to a federal clean energy standard WASHINGTON, DC – In a speech at a Ripon Society energy forum last Thursday, Congressman Ed Whitfield (KY-1) discussed his agenda as Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy & Power, expressing his support for an…
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“Upton’s Call”
RIPON FORUM Shines a Spotlight on Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman’s Efforts to Block Federal Regulatory Overreach Latest edition of centrist Republican journal also features profile of the nation’s first Latina Governor, Susana Martinez of New Mexico WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its latest edition, THE RIPON FORUM shines a spotlight on Michigan Republican Fred Upton, who overcame opposition…
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Canadian Ambassador Doer and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Brady Discuss U.S.-Canada Relationship at Ripon Society Breakfast on Feb. 16th
Brady also outlines Subcommittee agenda for the coming year, calling pending trade agreements “one of the few areas of bipartisan work we can do together in Congress and create jobs.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Less than two weeks after President Barack Obama met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss the U.S.-Canada relationship, The Ripon Society…
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Former RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie Urges GOP Legislative Aides to Connect Policy to People’s Lives
Citing Virginia’s Governor as an example, he tells them: “We have to finish the sentence.” WASHINGTON, DC – Speaking at a legislative symposium sponsored by The Ripon Society, former presidential advisor and Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie urged a group of top GOP congressional aides to follow the lead of Virginia’s Governor and “finish…
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Walden Lays Out Agenda for Energy & Commerce Subcommmittee on Communications and Technology
Also expresses concern about the FCC, saying: “I think their process is flawed, I think they overreach, and they need reform. And we’re going to bring that on.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Greg Walden appeared before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society yesterday morning, delivering a speech in which he laid out his agenda…
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Armey Says that “Kasich was the Linchpin” of Republican Efforts to Balance the Budget in the 1990s
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In remarks last Friday to a legislative symposium hosted by The Ripon Society at Mount Vernon, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey called former Congressman and current Ohio Governor John Kasich the linchpin of GOP efforts to balance the budget in the 1990s, and expressed “disappointment” that Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan…
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Ripon Society Hosts Legislative Directors Symposium on Leadership at Mount Vernon
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The top legislative aides for nearly 100 House Republicans met yesterday at the estate of our Nation’s first President for The Ripon Society’s first annual Legislative Directors Symposium on Leadership at Mount Vernon. According to Jim Conzelman, the President & CEO of The Ripon Society, the purpose of the symposium was to…