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  • “A NATION AT A CROSSROADS” — Latest Ripon Forum Examines America at 250

    WASHINGTON, DC — With the nation preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding, the latest edition of The Ripon Forum marks the semiquincentennial with a special collection of essays examining where America stands at this milestone, how the country has changed over the past half century, and what it will take to carry the…

    “A NATION AT A CROSSROADS” — Latest Ripon Forum Examines America at 250

  • Panetta and Moore on Baseball, Bipartisanship, and the 91st Congressional Game

    Panetta and Moore on Baseball, Bipartisanship, and the 91st Congressional Game

    WASHINGTON, DC – The Ripon Society and Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange welcomed two players from opposite dugouts — Congressmen Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) and Blake Moore (R-UT-01) — for a discussion about one of Capitol Hill’s most beloved bipartisan traditions.

  • Chairman Hill Charts Path to Year-End Legislative Goals

    Chairman Hill Charts Path to Year-End Legislative Goals

    WASHINGTON, DC – House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02) discussed the priorities and progress of the 119th Congress, highlighting landmark legislation on housing, digital assets, and capital formation — and outlining the committee’s path to the finish line before the end of the term.

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RIPON FORUM

Volume 60, No. 3

America 250

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UPCOMING EVENTS

  • House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer

    June 25, 2026

    House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (MN-06) will discuss the legislative agenda heading into summer and the message of the House Republican Conference as Americans begin thinking about the mid-term elections later this year.

  • House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar

    July 1, 2026

    House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (MI-02) will discuss the agenda and current priorities of the committee, including the U.S. strategy to maintain leadership in the AI race, the threat posed by Chinese-connected vehicles and technology in American critical infrastructure, critical minerals, and issues regarding Taiwan.

  • Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy John Leganski

    July 9, 2026

    John Leganski, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, will discuss his new book Glory, Grief, and the Gavel: An Inside Guide to Running for Speaker of the House, and reveal an inside look at the historic multi-day battle for the Speaker’s gavel in January 2023.

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TEDDY TWEETS

  • “A man to be a good citizen must first be a good bread-winner, a good husband, a good father–I hope the father of many healthy children.” The Key to Success in Life 1916

  • “The greatest possible good can be done by the extension of a helping hand at the right moment, but the attempt to carry any one permanently can end in nothing but harm.” Century October 1900

  • “The vital thing for the nation no less than the individual to remember is that, while dreaming and talking both have their uses, these uses must chiefly exist in seeing the dream realized and the talk turned into action.” Stafford Little Lecture at Princeton University, November 1917

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