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Dear Friend,
As we near the middle of April, I wanted to send you a few updates on what work we have accomplished in Washington, D.C. and around Alabama’s 6th district over the past month:
Read the newsletter here.
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Media Contact: Kris Cook (202) 225-4921
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Media Contact: Kris Cook (202)225-4921
Washington, D.C.- Following the passage of H.R. 1, the Lowering Energy Costs Act, Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) released the following statement:
By Brianna Lyman
Alabama Republican Rep. Gary Palmer called out a TikTok lobbyist and executive during Thursday’s hearing as he grilled the platform’s CEO.
CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee amid pressure for TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the platform. As Palmer questioned Chew, he called out TikTok executive Michael Beckerman for dodging questions about China’s ongoing genocide against Uyghur Muslims.
By Rebecca Shabad
Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., questioned Chew about why TikTok's head of public policy for the Americas, Michael Beckerman, refused to condemn the Chinese government's treatment of ethnic Uyghurs in an interview on CNN.
March 22, 2023
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By Yaffee | March 21, 2023
U.S. Reps. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) and Mike Rogers (R-Sakes) are criticizing the Mexican military’s takeover of the Birmingham-based Vulcan Materials quarry facility in Quintana Roo.
Authorities in Mexico seized the port March 14.
by: AJ Holliday
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville are calling on President Biden to address a Mexican military takeover of a Birmingham-based company.
Tuberville released a statement about the Mexican military’s occupation of Vulcan Materials’ quarry facility in Quintana-Roo.
Craig Monger | 03.21.23
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) is calling on the Biden administration to intervene in the growing drama surrounding the Mexican government's seizure of a port owned by Birmingham-based construction firm Vulcan Materials.
According to Vulcan CEO J. Thomas Hill, Mexican authorities seized control of a Vulcan terminal on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico on March 14.
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Media Contact: Kris Cook (202) 225-4921