Energy and the Environment

Palmer Supports Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)

April 24, 2015

By: Brandon Mosley, Alabama Political Reporter

Palmer Supports Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)

Thursday, April 23 U.S. Representative Gary Palmer (R from Hoover) as a member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, participated in a hearing entitled "Hydraulic Fracturing: Banning Proven Technologies on Possibilities Instead of Probabilities." Following the hearing Rep. Palmer said that there are no confirmed instances of fracking polluting ground water and not demonstrated link between fracking and earthquakes.

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Representative Gary Palmer

Palmer Comments after Hearing on Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)

April 23, 2015

For Immediate Release

Washington D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, participated in a hearing entitled "Hydraulic Fracturing: Banning Proven Technologies on Possibilities Instead of Probabilities," and offers the following statement:

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Palmer Critical of Obama’s UN Climate Commitment after Science Committee Hearing

April 17, 2015

By: Brendan Mosley, Alabama Political Reporter

Palmer Critical of Obama’s UN Climate Commitment after Science Committee Hearing

Wednesday, April 15, Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), a member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, commented on the President’s unilateral commitment to the UN to reduce carbon emissions by 28 percent in the next decade.

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Representative Gary Palmer

Palmer Statement on Obama’s U.N. Climate Commitment after Science Committee Hearing

April 15, 2015

For Immediate Release Washington D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, took part in a Science Committee hearing on the President’s unilateral commitment to the U.N. to reduce carbon emissions by 28% in the next decade, and offers the following statement:

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Gary Palmer Goes to Washington

April 6, 2015

By: Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard

Gary Palmer Goes to Washington

In 1989, Gary Palmer founded the Alabama Policy Institute, a conservative think tank. By the time he resigned as its president last year, API had become a powerful force on state issues, everything from pensions to prison reform to politics. Palmer led the successful fight against a lottery—Alabama is among the few states without one—and organized the drive that defeated Republican governor Bob Riley’s bid for a whopping tax increase.

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Meet Alabama Rep. Gary Palmer, Conservative Outsider Now on the Inside

March 30, 2015

By: John Gizzi, Newsmax

Meet Alabama Rep. Gary Palmer, Conservative Outsider Now on the Inside

Since January, when he took office as the new U.S. representative from Alabama's Sixth District (Birmingham), Republican Gary Palmer has demonstrated why — even in Congress — he remains the conservative "outsider" he was for years heading pro-family and pro-freedom "think tanks" in his home state.

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Palmer Welcomes Obama, Disagrees on Economy

March 27, 2015

By: Brandon Mosley, Alabama Political Reporter

Palmer Welcomes Obama, Disagrees on Economy

On Thursday, March 26, President Barack H. Obama visited Birmingham where he delivered a speech on "Middleclass Economics." US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) issued a statement on the President’s visit.

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Rep. Robert Aderholt on what he wished President Obama had addressed in Alabama: AL in DC

March 26, 2015

By: Leada Gore, AL.com

Rep. Robert Aderholt on what he wished President Obama had addressed in Alabama…

President Barack Obama spoke to a cheering crowd in Birmingham this afternoon, spending the bulk of his time addressing new regulations related to payday loans.

If it was up to Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, Obama would take a closer look at his policies that could have lasting economic impact instead of "Band Aid" regulations.

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Palmer: EPA’s Ozone rules are unfeasible and require imaginary technology

March 18, 2015

By: Elizabeth Beshears, Yellowhammer News

Palmer: EPA’s Ozone rules are unfeasible and require imaginary technology

WASHINGTON — Congressman Gary Palmer, in a Science, Space, and Technology committee meeting Tuesday afternoon, slammed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its controversial proposed ozone regulations, which to be implemented he said would require the use of technology that does not even exist.

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Palmer at ORG Hearing

Palmer Supports EPA Reform Measures

March 18, 2015

For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. – This week, Congressman Gary Palmer voted for two bills on the House floor, H.R. 1029, The EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act, and H.R. 1030, The Secret Science Reform Act, which he had previously supported as a member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee. These bills make positive reforms to the EPA to enforce accountability and transparency.

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Palmer unloads on EPA for ‘operating like a police state,’ abusing Alabama companies

February 27, 2015

By: Elizabeth Beshears, Yellowhammer News

Palmer unloads on EPA for ‘operating like a police state,’ abusing Alabama comp…

WASHINGTON — In a House Oversight and Government Reform committee hearing Thursday, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL6) raked Environmental Protection Agency consultant Dr. Susan Tierney over the coals for the agency's use of armed agents when investigating possible violators.

"EPA has been very aggressive in enforcement," Rep. Palmer said, "and it's gone from a regulatory agency to almost operating like a police state, I'll just be blunt about it."

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Palmer & Sheriffs

Palmer Statement on President Obama’s Veto of the Keystone Pipeline

February 24, 2015

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer expressed disappointment and strong disapproval of President Obama's decision to veto S.1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act:

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Alabama lawmakers slam Obama for Keystone XL veto: ‘He’s playing politics with jobs’

February 24, 2015

By: Elizabeth BeShears, Yellowhammer News

Alabama lawmakers slam Obama for Keystone XL veto: ‘He’s playing politics with …

WASHINGTON — President Obama has vetoed the Keystone XL Pipeline, which would have transported up to 830,000 barrels of oil across the country every day, and provided up as many as 42,000 jobs, and Alabama’s Congressional delegation is less than enthused by the President’s decision.

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Palmer Receives Subcommittee Assignments

January 16, 2015

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Gary Palmer, a member of the Oversight and Government Reform, and Space, Science and Technology Committees has received three subcommittee assignments. Palmer will serve on the Space, Science and Technology Subcommittees on Environment, and Research and Technology. He will also serve on the Interior Subcommittee for Oversight and Government Reform.

Issues:Energy and the Environment

Gary Palmer's 'whirlwind' D.C. week: Vote against Boehner, bills co-sponsored, a glimpse of Capitol

January 9, 2015

By: Jesse Chambers, Al.com

Gary Palmer's 'whirlwind' D.C. week: Vote against Boehner, bills co-sponsored, …

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover, who was sworn in this week as the representative for the Alabama 6th District in the U.S. House, had a busy first week on the job in Washington, D.C.

--Palmer, along with more than 20 other conservative Republican representatives, cast a politically risky vote against Speaker of the House John Boehner.

--He announced that he would co-sponsor pieces of legislation regarding immigration and abortion.

Issues:Energy and the Environment