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The Rainey Center’s 2026 National Summit is coming to Walt Disney World, December 7–9 2026.
State leaders. Policy experts. Real conversations shaping the future.
Learn more:
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Democracy depends on participation.
If citizens don’t speak freely, if leaders don’t step forward to serve, the foundation weakens. A LAMP reminder that the American system runs on courage and commitment.
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From grid infrastructure to AI to national defense, the demand for energy is accelerating and the U.S. must build with purpose and speed to meet it.
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U.S. Senator John Curtis (R-UT) pushes back on the instinct to pick winners and losers in energy. "The market's actually doing an amazing job of driving this," he says. "Let's clear the deck with permitting reform and let the market do its thing".
From the Joseph Rainey Center
A new arms buildup is reshaping global security dynamics.
Conventional forces are expanding. Nuclear arsenals are growing. Capabilities are accelerating.
Understanding these shifts is critical to shaping smart deterrence, alliance strategy, and long-term national security
Russ Walker (VP of Policy, Rainey Center) frames the stakes with U.S. Senator John Curtis (R-UT), who says this moment goes far beyond energy: "This is national security. This is economy. This is broadband."
From the Rainey Center's virtual town hall, "The Future of American
When the largest institutions in the country depend on reliable power, energy policy becomes security policy.
Federal appropriations, defense readiness, and state-level resilience all connect back to one thing: capacity.
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When the mission is saving lives, everything else falls away - and focus, professionalism, and purpose take center stage.
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Laws can structure elections. Regulations can standardize them. But laws alone cannot make people trust them. Trust is built by people. It grows when citizens know the neighbors who run their local elections, when community members treat election workers with respect, when people
Tom Hassenboehler (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, CO2Efficient) calls this "a once-in-a-generational moment," comparing today's infrastructure push to the post-WWII and New Deal era build-outs like the interstate system. Digital infrastructure, reshoring, and advanced
Today’s debates go beyond day-to-day policy.
The conversation is about the future of the West — and the role the United States plays in shaping it.
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Election integrity and voter access are not competing values. A healthy election system should make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. It should protect every eligible voter while ensuring elections are administered honestly and transparently. @jaldendaniels on what it takes to