Press Releases

For Immediate Release Washington D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL) announced today that the West Blount County Fire Department in Hayden a received an Assistance to Firefighters Grant for received an Assistance to Firefighters - Operations and Safety grant for $153,334, awarded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

For Immediate Release Washington D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL) announced today that the Isabella Fire and Rescue Department located in Chilton County received an Assistance to Firefighters - Operations and Safety grant for $39,048, awarded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Washington, DC – Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL), a member of the Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Environment, strongly opposes the EPA’s newly proposed rule on methane emissions that will apply to new or modified oil or natural gas sources. The effect will be to discourage the development of America’s vast untapped energy reserves and to increase the cost of energy. This will disproportionately hurt the poorest and most vulnerable Americans.

For Immediate Release Washington D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL), signed a letter along with 93 other members of Congress, sent to President Barack Obama, requesting the text of the “side deals” made between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Iranian Government as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), otherwise known as the "Iran Deal."

Washington D.C. – U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) opposes the rule announced by the Obama Administration that would force power plants to make major cuts to carbon dioxide emissions. Experts say it will be one of the most costly rules of all time.

Washington D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL) announced today that the City of Warrior Fire Department received an Assistance to Firefighters - Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant for $968,400 awarded by the Department of Homeland Security. The department’s application competed against other, similar departments through a peer review process for a portion of federal funding.

For Immediate Release Washington, DC – Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL), is an original co-sponsor of H.R. 3199, To prohibit statutory sanctions relief by the United States with respect to Iran unless the Senate provides its advice and consent to ratification of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. This bill, introduced by Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA), would not allow the Administration to lift sanctions on Iran unless the Senate gives its consent under Article II Section 2 of the Constitution, which requires a two-thirds vote in the upper chamber.