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U.S. Rep. GaryPalmer on Thursday cosigned a letter to the governors and attorneys general of all 50 states stridently opposing the Environmental Protection Agency's new "Clean Power Plan," which would shut down several coal-fired power plants among other changes to the nation's energy regime.
Palmer, who was joined in his epistolary effort by Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, said in the letter the Obama administration's new EPA regulations would do "enormous harm" to the domestic economy,
Hoover merchants gathered Oct. 15 to hear U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer speak at the monthly chamber of commerce meeting at the Hyatt Regency-Wynfrey Hotel.
Palmer was elected as the representative for Alabama's sixth congressional district in 2014. He is a Hoover resident.
Palmer spoke at length about his work in Congress. He sits on the budget committee and recently was part of creating the balanced budget plan that the House passed.
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.
Proponents of the bill, which passed the House 261-159, say it could create 630,000 jobs in the next five years and create a boost to the manufacturing sector.
All of Alabama's Republican members of the House voted to lift the ban, while the state's only Democratic representative, Terri Sewell voted to keep it in place.
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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.
The Obama administration's WOTUS ruling, which went into effect on Aug. 28, attempted to clarify which small streams, wetlands and other waterways the government can shield from pollution and development. It was almost immediately stayed in 13 mostly western states.
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.
A U.S. federal appeals court temporarily halted the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday from implementing the "Waters of the United States," a controversial regulation of the Clean Water Actthat critics considered yet another federal power grab over state's waters.