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“Americans can compete anywhere with anyone.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Led by Chairman Pat Tiberi, Members of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee appeared before a meeting of The Ripon Society to discuss their efforts to approve several key trade agreements this year.
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Ripon Society Holds 5th Annual Legislative and Communications Directors Symposium on Leadership at Mount Vernon
WASHINGTON, DC — The Ripon Society held its 5th Legislative and Communications Directors Symposium at Mount Vernon this past Friday, an event that drew top Hill aides to the historic estate of America’s first President.
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AMERICA’S CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE
WASHINGTON, DC – With a short-term highway funding bill set to expire at the end of May, the latest edition of THE RIPON FORUM looks at the bipartisan effort to rebuild our nation’s aging bridges and roads.
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“Are We Becoming a Part-Time Economy?”
A new report by the Federal Reserve in Atlanta sheds light on today’s economy. When compared with 2007, the U.S. labor market now has about 2.5 million more people working part-time and about 2.2 million fewer people working full-time.
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“This is going to make a difference for every American.”
WASHINGTON, DC — Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Fred Upton (MI-6) appeared before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society yesterday morning, delivering a speech in which he not only talked about his panel’s 2014 accomplishments, but one of his top priorities in the coming year.
Commentary
THE BRIDGEBUILDER
Q&A with BILL SHUSTER
Shortly after he was named Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in November 2012, Bill Shuster called his Democratic counterpart on the Committee with a simple request: “Let’s have dinner.” The purpose of the call – and the dinner – was to build a relationship between the two leaders, while setting a tone for the panel in the coming years.
It’s Worse than You Think
RAY LAHOOD
America’s transportation infrastructure is falling apart, and we as a nation are falling behind. Yet somehow, with every possible indicator pointing toward the need for increased investment in our crumbling roads, bridges and transit systems, policymakers at all levels of government have been sitting on the sidelines.
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