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March 18, 2015
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Washington, D.C. – This week, Congressman Gary Palmer voted for two bills on the House floor, H.R. 1029, The EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act, and H.R. 1030, The Secret Science Reform Act, which he had previously supported as a member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee. These bills make positive reforms to the EPA to enforce accountability and transparency.
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March 17, 2015
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, questioned FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler today, and offers the following statement:
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March 17, 2015
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Budget Committee, offers the following statement on the proposed budget released today:
“One of my first priorities as a member of Congress is getting the country’s fiscal house in order.
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March 6, 2015
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer commemorates the 50th anniversary of the events surrounding the march for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery, and offers the following thoughts:
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March 4, 2015
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer, a co-founder and former President of the Alabama Policy Institute, applauds the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision concerning Alabama’s marriage laws, and further applauds the Alabama Policy Institute for bringing the case:
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March 3, 2015
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Gary Palmer met with Major General Theodore Harrison, the Commanding General of the Army Contracting Command stationed in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Major General Harrison presented Palmer with an Army seal and congratulations from the Army:
March 3, 2015
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Gary Palmer voted against a bill that would allow for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funds to go toward President Obama’s unconstitutional executive action concerning immigration, and is deeply disappointed that the bill passed:
March 2, 2015
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March 2, 2015
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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer issued the following statement in regards to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress:
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March 2, 2015
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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer strongly disagrees with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “net neutrality” order as both an unnecessary and beyond the scope of power prescribed to the FCC by Congress, and issued the following statement:
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February 24, 2015
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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer expressed disappointment and strong disapproval of President Obama’s decision to veto S.1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act:
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April 8, 2015
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April 7, 2015
Freshman Class: Rep. Gary Palmer
Apr. 07, 2015 - 7:24 - Alabama congressman on what he would do to bridge the bipartisan divide
April 7, 2015
WASHINGTON — Several of Alabama’s Congressional delegates are cosponsoring a new bill being introduced to Congress, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow the concealed carry permits of any state to be valid in all states around the country.
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April 6, 2015
Rep. Gary Palmer said the agreement announced last week related to limitations of Iran's nuclear program weakens America's position on the international stage and hurts U.S. allies.
The White House announced last week it had reached what it described as an "outline" of a program to curb Iran's nuclear programs in return for lifting of economic sanctions. The Obama administration has maintained the agreement would counter the expansion of Iran's nuclear efforts but critics said it cedes too much to a hostile country. Congressional Republicans, as well Israeli leaders, have blasted the plan.
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April 6, 2015
In 1989, Gary Palmer founded the Alabama Policy Institute, a conservative think tank. By the time he resigned as its president last year, API had become a powerful force on state issues, everything from pensions to prison reform to politics. Palmer led the successful fight against a lottery—Alabama is among the few states without one—and organized the drive that defeated Republican governor Bob Riley’s bid for a whopping tax increase.
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March 31, 2015
Alabama's U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer said it's time for Obamacare to go the same way as a bad shot in golf.
"I don't fault anyone who supported Obamacare, but it's kind of like golf -- every once in a while, you need a mulligan. And I think this administration needs to take a mulligan because it's not working and the cost has gone through the roof," Palmer said.
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March 31, 2015
Repealing ObamaCare and creating a more effective national healthcare plan that truly works is one of his top priorities in Washington, Alabama Congressman Gary Palmer told members of several area chambers of commerce today, March 31 at the Birmingham Marriott on U.S. 280.
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March 31, 2015
As members of the U.S. House of Representatives we recognize that the power to consent on executive branch nominees resides in the Senate. The Senate also has the power, indeed, the obligation to reject those nominees unfit for service. We believe that Loretta Lynch, who has been nominated by the President to serve as the nation's next Attorney General, falls in the unfit category.
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March 30, 2015
Since January, when he took office as the new U.S. representative from Alabama's Sixth District (Birmingham), Republican Gary Palmer has demonstrated why — even in Congress — he remains the conservative "outsider" he was for years heading pro-family and pro-freedom "think tanks" in his home state.
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March 27, 2015
Speaking to a packed crowd of about 1,800 at Lawson State Community College, President Barack Obama today laid out his plan for more oversight of the payday lending industry and criticized Republican Congressional efforts to weaken or defund his consumer protection agenc
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