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Richard Friedman, a former reporter for The Birmingham News who is now executive director of the Birmingham Jewish Federation, watched today's speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the U.S. Congress and offered the following real-time analysis on his blog.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security received funding to operate the rest of the 2015 fiscal year despite the votes of the Republican members of Alabama's Congressional delegation.
Congressman Gary Palmer was honored Tuesday, after meeting with Major General Theodore Harrison, the Commanding General of the Army Contracting Command stationed at Redstone Arsenal.
Major General Harrison presented Palmer with an Army seal and congratulations from the Army.
Congressman Palmer released this statement Tuesday afternoon:
Palmer: Net Neutrality puts internet ‘under the thumb of federal bureaucrats,’ threatens free speech
WASHINGTON — Representative Gary Palmer (R-AL6) on Monday called the Federal Communications Commission’s “Net Neutrality” ruling an abuse of the agency’s power.
“The FCC’s ‘net neutrality’ erodes the authority of Congress,” Rep. Palmer said. “The FCC, an independent federal agency, does not have the authority to write laws, but in a 3-2 ruling has done just that.”
WASHINGTON — In a House Oversight and Government Reform committee hearing Thursday, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL6) raked Environmental Protection Agency consultant Dr. Susan Tierney over the coals for the agency’s use of armed agents when investigating possible violators.
On Tuesday, February 17 both U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R from Alabama) and U.S. Representative Gary Palmer (R from Hoover) both issued statement urging the Senate to Pass DHS Funding in light of a ruling by a federal judge enjoining President Barack H.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In a ruling late Monday night, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen of Texas halted the implementation President Obama’s executive orders on immigration. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, US Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) and Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL4) welcomed the ruling.
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