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April 21, 2015
On Tuesday, April 21, Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) voted for a resolution to reject a Washington DC directive which would limit the rights of Pro-Life groups and businesses in our Nation’s Capital City.
April 8, 2015
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - Congressman Gary Palmer visited the FOX6 studio Tuesday afternoon for a one-on-one interview with FOX6 News Anchor Jonathan Hardison.
April 8, 2015
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, and four representatives have signed on to legislation to make it easier for pistol permit holders to carry their weapons to other states.
Currently, permits to carry concealed guns are valid only in states that have negotiated reciprocal agreements. That leaves gun owners at potential risk of breaking the law even in some states that issue pistol permits. South Carolina, for instance, has not reciprocal agreement with Alabama.
April 7, 2015
WASHINGTON — Several of Alabama’s Congressional delegates are cosponsoring a new bill being introduced to Congress, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow the concealed carry permits of any state to be valid in all states around the country.
March 31, 2015
As members of the U.S. House of Representatives we recognize that the power to consent on executive branch nominees resides in the Senate. The Senate also has the power, indeed, the obligation to reject those nominees unfit for service. We believe that Loretta Lynch, who has been nominated by the President to serve as the nation's next Attorney General, falls in the unfit category.
March 11, 2015
Over 80,000 people from across the country, including 2 Presidents and 98 members of the US Congress, were in Selma over the weekend to honor those brave souls who made the march from Selma to Montgomery 50 years ago. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama were there along with their First Ladies, Laura and Michelle.
March 6, 2015
More than 90 members of Congress arrived in Birmingham today as part of the 15th annual Congressional civil rights pilgrimage to Alabama, highlighted by this weekend's 50th anniversary of the 1965 Bloody Sunday march in Selma.
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March 6, 2015
For Immediate Release
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer commemorates the 50th anniversary of the events surrounding the march for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery, and offers the following thoughts:
March 5, 2015
Alabama's newest Congressman is weighing in on the state Supreme Court decision that put a halt to same-sex weddings.
Rep. Gary Palmer has a unique vantage point in the argument. He's the former president of the Alabama Policy Institute, which, along with the Alabama Citizens Action Program, filed the request with the Supreme Court asking for an earlier March order to be stopped.
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March 4, 2015
For Immediate Release
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer, a co-founder and former President of the Alabama Policy Institute, applauds the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision concerning Alabama’s marriage laws, and further applauds the Alabama Policy Institute for bringing the case: