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Representative Gary Palmer speaking chamber lunch
April 30, 2015
Hoover, AL - Area high school students who submitted artwork for the annual Congressional Art Competition will be recognized at a reception at the Hoover Library, May 4 at 6 p.m., CST.

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Representative Gary Palmer
April 29, 2015
For Immediate Release Washington D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, participated in a hearing on the “gyrocopter” incident that occurred on the west lawn of the Capitol last month, and says the following:

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Representative Gary Palmer
April 28, 2015
For Immediate Release Washington D.C. – The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today on question on whether the Constitution requires the redefinition of marriage to include two members of the same sex, and Congressman Palmer provides the following remarks:

April 27, 2015
The Vestavia Hills Fire Department (VHFD) was recently awarded a $160,740 grant by the Department of Homeland Security through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The department’s application competed against thousands through a peer review process for a portion of federal funding.

April 24, 2015

Thursday, April 23 U.S. Representative Gary Palmer (R from Hoover) as a member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, participated in a hearing entitled "Hydraulic Fracturing: Banning Proven Technologies on Possibilities Instead of Probabilities." Following the hearing Rep. Palmer said that there are no confirmed instances of fracking polluting ground water and not demonstrated link between fracking and earthquakes.


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Rep. Gary Palmer at podium
April 23, 2015
For Immediate Release Vestavia Hills, AL – The Office of Congressman Gary Palmer announces that a $160,740 grant has been awarded to VHFD by the Department of Homeland Security through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). The department’s application competed against thousands through a peer review process for a portion of federal funding.

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Representative Gary Palmer
April 23, 2015

For Immediate Release

Washington D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, participated in a hearing entitled "Hydraulic Fracturing: Banning Proven Technologies on Possibilities Instead of Probabilities," and offers the following statement:


April 23, 2015
The Vestavia Hills Fire Department will receive a grant of more than $160,000 for equipment to help fight wild land fires, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer announced Thursday.

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Representative Gary Palmer
April 21, 2015
For Immediate Release Washington D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, strongly supports H.J. Res. 43, “Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014,” and issues the following statement: “The right to life and the right to free exercise of religion are fundamental to everything I believe."

April 21, 2015

In the wake of scandals involving drug cartel-funded sex parties with agents, Drug Enforcement Administration Michele Leonhart will retire in May, Attorney General Eric Holder announced today.