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August 6, 2015
With much of the money to Planned Parenthood tied up in mandatory expenditures under Medicaid, it may take a stand alone bill to sort out the funding issue.
August 3, 2015
The US Senate could vote as early as today on legislation that would strip Planned Parenthood of over $500 million a year in Federal grants and funding to provide health care services to women. All of that money would go elsewhere to continue to provide those non-abortion related services to women. The nation’s largest abortion provider has been rocked by a series of undercover videos made by a group that staunchly opposes the practice and is alleging that Planned Parenthood is trafficking in fetal body parts for profits, allegations that Planned Parenthood had denied.
July 31, 2015
On Wednesday, July 30, a third video was released by abortion opponents about allegations of unethical, and possibly, illegal marketing of body parts from aborted fetuses.
July 31, 2015
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer is taking a trip to Israel in mid-August as part of ongoing concerns with President Obama's proposed agreement on Iran's nuclear program, calling the deal possibly "the most important vote that Congress makes in 75 years."
July 30, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Disturbed by recent videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood officials attempting to sell the tissue of aborted babies, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL6) led more than fifty U.S. House members in writing a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, requesting that an independent counsel be appointed to fully investigate the possibility that Planned Parenthood broke the law by selling parts of aborted babies, and by altering their abortion techniques to ensure the right body parts remained intact.
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July 30, 2015
For Immediate Release
Washington, D.C. –Disturbed by recent videos concerning Planned Parenthood, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) led 55 House colleagues in writing a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, requesting that an independent counsel be appointed to fully investigate the possibility that the Planned Parenthood Foundation of America broke the law by selling parts of aborted babies, and by altering their abortion techniques to ensure the right body parts remained intact.
July 24, 2015
WASHINGTON — Every Republican member of Alabama’s congressional delegation has signed on to two bills defunding Planned Parenthood and refusing federal funds to other family planning organizations that perform abortions after revelations Planned Parenthood—which receives much of its income from federal grants—was harvesting and selling the body parts of aborted babies.
July 22, 2015
Six members of Alabama's congressional delegation -- all Republicans -- have signed on as co-sponsors of a House bill to defund Planned Parenthood in the wake of two undercover videos that allegedly show higher-ups with the abortion provider discussing selling fetal tissue and organs.
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May 13, 2015
For Immediate Release
Washington D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer is committed to protection of the innocent, particularly those who cannot speak for themselves, and voted for H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act today which bans abortion after 20 weeks:
“The right to life is central to everything I believe.
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April 21, 2015
For Immediate Release
Washington D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, strongly supports H.J. Res. 43, “Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014,” and issues the following statement:
“The right to life and the right to free exercise of religion are fundamental to everything I believe."