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Representative Gary Palmer
Palmer Supports Sixth Circuit's Stay on the Waters of the U.S. Rule
October 9, 2015
Press Release
For Immediate Release Washington D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL), a member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, applauds Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in issuing a nationwide stay blocking EPA’s Waters of the U.S. rule. A group of 18 states have sued, arguing the rule is well beyond EPA’s legal authority to issue.
Issues:Energy and the Environment
Representative Gary Palmer BANKS of cameras
Palmer Supports Ending the Ban on Crude Oil Exports
October 9, 2015
Press Release
For Immediate Release Washington D.C. – Today, Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL), a member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, voted for H.R. 702, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, a bill which would end the ban on the export of crude oil. With advances in oil extraction recovery technology creating major increases in U.S. oil and the discovery of major oil fields in the United States, the ban now hampers America’s ability to compete in international energy markets.
Issues:Energy and the Environment
Alabama GOP Congressmen vote to lift oil export ban, strengthen energy independence
October 9, 2015
In The News

By: Elizabeth Beshears, Yellowhammer News

Alabama GOP Congressmen vote to lift oil export ban, strengthen energy independ…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to lift a 40-year ban on the exportation of crude oil, a move Congressman Bradley Byrne says will create hundreds of thousands of jobs and strengthen national security.

Issues:Energy and the Environment
AG Strange praises stay on EPA's "Waters of the United States" rule
October 9, 2015
In The News

By: Staff Reporters, WTVM

AG Strange praises stay on EPA's "Waters of the United States" rule

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) -

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a nationwide stay of the Environmental Protection Agency's "Waters of the United States" rule, also referred to as WOTUS, Friday.

Issues:Energy and the Environment
House votes to end U.S. oil export ban
October 9, 2015
In The News

By: Howard Koplowitz, AL.com

House votes to end U.S. oil export ban

The House voted Friday to end the 40-year ban on U.S. oil exports, but the legislation faces an uncertain fate after the White House previously said it was not on board with the move.

Issues:Energy and the Environment
Alabama reacts to courts’ stay of controversial EPA water regulation
Palmer and Byrne Support Ending Crude Oil Exports Ban
October 9, 2015
In The News

By: Brandon Mosley, Alabama Political Reporter

Palmer and Byrne Support Ending Crude Oil Exports Ban

Friday, October 9, US Representatives Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) and Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) voted for HR702, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The bill would end the ban on the export of crude oil.

Issues:Energy and the Environment
Representative Gary Palmer
Palmer: EPA Should Hold People Accountable for Animas River Spill
September 17, 2015
Press Release
For Immediate Release Washington D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL), a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, participated in a joint hearing between the Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the Natural Resources Committee on the Animas River spill, an environmental spill of contaminated mine water that was created by contractors working on the behest of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy testified at this hearing.
Issues:Energy and the Environment
Representative Gary Palmer
Palmer: EPA Should Listen to the States
September 11, 2015
Press Release
Washington D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL), a member of the Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment, participated in a hearing with various state experts on the effects of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ‘Clean Power Plan,’ a rule which would require states to meet certain standards for carbon emissions. State experts testified that that this rule will harm the economies of their states and destroy jobs.
Issues:Energy and the Environment
Representative Gary Palmer BANKS of cameras
Palmer: EPA Needs to Clean Up its Act
September 9, 2015
Press Release
For Immediate Release Washington D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL), a member of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, participated in a hearing on the Animas River spill. The Animas River spill occurred when government contractors, working on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), spilled an estimated 3 million gallons of wastewater full of heavy metals from the Gold King Mine into the Animas River, which empties into the San Juan River. The result has been massive contamination in three states: Colorado, Utah and New Mexico.
Issues:Energy and the Environment

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