Press Releases


  • **MEDIA ADVISORY** U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters to speak before Ripon Society Luncheon June 13 on Capitol Hill

    What:   The Ripon Society’s Bully Pulpit Luncheon with United States Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters will be the featured speaker at the Ripon Society’s first “Bully Pulpit” Luncheon of 2008. Secretary Peters is scheduled to discuss Administration policies related to transportation and infrastructure at the luncheon. The…

  • Ripon Society to Hold State Policy Outreach Event with Congressman Tom Price

    Discussion Scheduled for this Friday, March 7, in Roswell, GA WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ripon Society will hold its first State Policy Outreach event of 2008 this Friday, March 7th, with a discussion with Congressman Tom Price (GA-6) in Roswell, Georgia.  Congressman Price represents Roswell and the surrounding area in the U.S. House of Representatives.  The…

  • Ripon Forum Focuses on One of the Biggest Changes Being Proposed in American Politics – Tax Reform

    Latest Edition Features Q&A With Jack Kemp, essays by SC Gov. Mark Sanford and WI Cong. Paul Ryan, among others WASHINGTON, D.C. – With voters across America calling for change, the latest edition ofThe Ripon Forum focuses on two individuals who are working to bring about one of the biggest policy changes of all — tax…

  • Ripon Forum Focuses on Health Care in its October/November Edition

    Latest Edition also includes Q&A interview with Respected Political Scientist Larry Sabato WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ripon Forum focuses on health care in its latest edition, looking at, among other topics, the efforts being pushed by Arnold Schwarzenegger and other Republican Governors around the country to strengthen health care in their respective states. “States have been called…

  • Ripon Forum Looks at Global Trade with Carlos Gutierrez, Carla Hills, Tim Pawlenty

    August/September edition also features essay by Ross Perot’s press secretary on the ’92 campaign and the challenges of mounting a 3rd party bid today WASHINGTON, DC – The Ripon Forum examines the issue of “Global Trade in the Balance” in its August/September edition, with essays by Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, former U.S. Trade Rep Carla Hills, and…

  • Reunion of Ripon Society Founders Caps Two Days of Policy Panels & Speeches

    Centrist Republican organization marks 45 years WASHINGTON, DC – The Ripon Society recently marked 45 years of public policy with a two-day conference featuring policy panels, speeches, and an awards dinner which reunited three of the founding members of the centrist Republican organization.             The two-day event, which was held on June 18th and 19th in the…

  • Ripon Forum: Search for Common Ground Former Republican Leaders Howard Baker and Bob Michel discuss bipartisanship and the effort to end political gridlock in Washington

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its latest edition, The Ripon Forum focuses on “The Search for Common Ground” and the bipartisan effort being led by former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker to break the political logjam in Washington.  The June/July edition of theForum also features an essay by former House Republican Leader Bob Michel on gridlock in Congress and some ideas he has…

  • Outreach Event In Florida With Congresswoman Brown-Waite

    On Saturday, May 19, The Ripon Society held a State Policy Outreach Luncheon in Crystal River, FL with Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite.  Three outstanding high school seniors received Ripon Society Educational Scholarship Awards.  Jamie Gajos, Amanda Canupp, and Hal Jaquith were all awarded Ripon Educational Scholarships based on their academic achievements, community involvement and proposed course of studies…

  • Ripon Society to Hold State Policy Outreach Event with Congressman Charlie Dent

    Dinner scheduled for Friday, April 27 in Allentown, PA WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ripon Society will hold its first State Policy Outreach Event of 2007 on Friday, April 27, with a dinner featuring Congressman Charlie Dent (PA-15) in Allentown, Pennsylvania.  Congressman Dent represents Allentown and the surrounding Lehigh Valley area in the U.S. House of…

  • Ripon Forum Looks Beyond Iraq Latest edition examines challenges America faces on other fronts in the war on terror and elsewhere around the world.

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its latest edition, The Ripon Forum examines some of the foreign policy challenges America faces on other fronts in the war on terror and elsewhere around the world. The April/May 2007 edition of the journal features a cover story written by U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, one of the Nation’s leading thinkers on national security…

  • Inside the Beltway Cites Forum Article on Lame Ducks

    By John McCaslin The Washington Times     Can he fly?     With Osama bin Laden still breathing down his neck and Iran standing stubborn if not firm on nuclear expansion, George W. Bush finds he doesn’t have enough time remaining to be a lame-duck president.     “If Bush goes home with Iran’s nuclear program not shut down,” frequent conservative critic Patrick J. Buchanan wrote this week, “his…

  • Ripon Forum Looks at Why Ideas Matter And the Importance of Entrepreneurship in America

    February/March Issue features essays by Governor Haley Barbour, humorist Ben Stein, and presidential advisor Mary Matalin, among others WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ripon Forum kicks off its 41st year of publication with an issue that focuses on the importance of ideas in the public policy debate and the effort by Republicans to find new ideas that will help…