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Fire departments in Blount and Chilton counties have received grants totaling more than $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to buy new equipment.
The West Blount County Fire Department in Hayden received a grant for $247,620 to buy a new tanker pumper truck, according to a news release from U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer. The truck can hold more water than a normal fire truck, which lets the department work more effectively in areas without fire hydrants nearby.
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL) is a co-sponsor of H.R. 2647, The Resilient Federal Forests Act, which passed the House today. The bill addresses the growing economic and environmental threat of catastrophic wildfires to our nation's forests. Congressman Palmer gives the following statement:
For a quarter of a century, Gary Palmer's job was to help formulate policy for conservative politicians through his Alabama Policy Institute think tank. Now, Palmer gets the chance to put his policy proposals into action.
He took the oath of office in January as the new representative for the Sixth District in the U.S. House of Representatives, replacing Spencer Bachus after 22 years in office.
Tuesday, July 7, Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) announced his agreement with the recently announced decision of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to create a year-long transition period during the implementation of ICD-10, the coding system tied to Medicare and Medicaid.
An Alabama congressman is praising the federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid for giving doctors one year to transition to a new coding system tied to payments a month after he introduced a bill that gives doctors' offices a two-year grace period to implement the system, known as ICD-10.
The U.S. House of Representatives returns Tuesday after a weeklong holiday recess ready to tackle a busy July agenda. They'll begin with a vote on three noncontroversial bills under suspension of the rules.
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Saturday was the Fourth of July, and many members of Congress, including most of the Alabama Delegation in the US House of Representatives, took the time to post messages to their constituents and followers on social media.