Press Releases

For Immediate Release Washington, DC – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL), is an original co-sponsor of H.R. 3118, the Repeal CFPB Act, introduced this week by Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX). This bill would repeal the misleadingly named Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a federal agency fundamentally unaccountable to Congress, the President, and the Courts.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, agrees with the decision of former Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta to resign in the wake of the massive data breach that resulted in millions of current and former federal employees having sensitive personal information stolen. Palmer says the following:

For Immediate Release Washington D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, questioned EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy at a hearing today on EPA overreach:

WASHINGTON— Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, supports the decision of the Committee to refer former Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso to the U.S. Attorney General for criminal prosecution. This criminal referral follows hearings in June 2014 and March 2015 where in his sworn testimony, Mr. Moure-Eraso may have violated federal statutes that prohibit lying under oath and making false statements to Congress.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL) agrees with the recently announced decision of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to create a year-long transition period during the implementation of ICD-10, the coding system tied to Medicare and Medicaid. This decision largely mirrors Congressman Palmer’s own bill, H.R. 2652, The Protecting Patients and Physicians Against Coding Act, which would mandate a two-year transition period. Many rural hospitals and smaller practices remain unready to implement ICD-10, and without a grace period, patients could face disruptions in health care services where they live.

Washington D.C. – U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) notes the Supreme Court‘s decision in Michigan v. EPA, where the court concluded that the Environmental Protection Agency ‘unreasonably’ failed to take into account the costs of the new mercury emissions standards aimed at coal-fired power plants before deciding to pursue them and gives the following statement:

Washington D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer strongly disagrees with the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which strikes down as unconstitutional state laws defining marriage as it has been defined for thousands of years, and says the following: