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March 18, 2015
Tuesday, March 17, US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) released a statement following the release of a House GOP proposed FY 2016 budget. Congressman Palmer serves on the House Budget Committee.
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March 18, 2015
WASHINGTON — Congressman Gary Palmer, in a Science, Space, and Technology committee meeting Tuesday afternoon, slammed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its controversial proposed ozone regulations, which to be implemented he said would require the use of technology that does not even exist.
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March 18, 2015
Alabama's legislative delegation has nine members: Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions and Reps. Bradley Byrne, Mike Rogers, Martha Roby, Terri Sewell, Gary Palmer, Robert Aderholt and Mo Brooks. The group has eight Republicans and one Democrat, Terri Sewell of Birmingham.
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March 13, 2015
On Monday, March 2, US Representatives Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) and Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) issued statement in regards to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress and the impending Obama Administration deal with Iran on their nuclear ambitions.
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March 12, 2015
ALABASTER – A United States congressman praised Thompson High School’s engineering academy during a March 12 visit, and said students in the program will have little trouble finding jobs in the future.
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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.
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March 10, 2015
Gary Palmer is still moving into his new office in Washington, D.C. The freshman Congressman is already running between three committee assignments.
But, he’s used to a busy schedule: he founded the Alabama Policy Institute (API) more than 25 years ago. API has been allied with CitizenLink since it began.
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
WASHINGTON — While dozens of Democrats boycotted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress Tuesday of this week, Alabama’s only Democrat in Congress, Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL7) chose to attend.
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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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