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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."
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:
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.