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March 8, 2011

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…
March 8, 2011

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…
March 7, 2011

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…
March 3, 2011

“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…
February 18, 2011

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…
February 14, 2011

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…
February 10, 2011

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…
February 8, 2011

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…
February 5, 2011

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…
January 13, 2011

Issa Pledges to Root Out Waste, Regulatory Excess and Programs that Do Not Work

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-49) delivered a speech to The Ripon Society yesterday morning in which he discussed his new position as Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and said his focus in the job would be to root out waste, eliminate regulatory excess, and identify programs that no longer…
November 18, 2010

LaHood Optimistic about Bipartisan Cooperation in 2011

Points to debt reduction, transportation funding, and war in Afghanistan as areas where the Obama Administration and Congressional Republicans can find common ground WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a speech this morning to The Ripon Society, former GOP Congressman and current Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood expressed optimism that both parties will be able to work together…
November 12, 2010

“A NEW DAY”

RIPON FORUM Looks at the Mid-Terms with profile of SC Rep.-elect Tim Scott, & Dick Lugar, J.C. Watts and the Tea Party’s Amy Kremer answering the question many in the GOP are asking: “What do we do now?” Latest edition also features Susan Collins discussing the issues that unite Republicans, Christine Todd Whitman explaining why…