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U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover, lives inside his Capitol Hill office when he's in Washington, has never watched "House of Cards," and isn't related to the legendary golfer Arnold Palmer, but once said he was because he was tired of people asking.

The freshman Alabama congressman was the subject of Roll Call's Take Five feature, where the Capitol Hill newspaper asks five questions of a member of Congress that have nothing to do with the member's day job.

Congressman Gary Palmer announced July 10 that the Cedar Grove Fire Department received an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) for $91,429 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The Cedar Grove Fire Department will use the grant to purchase a new inventory of Self Contained Breathing Apparatuses.

Friday, July 10, Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) announced his agreement with the decision of former Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta to resign, following the massive data breach that resulted in millions of current and former Federal employees having sensitive personal information stolen by international cyber thieves.