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U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer, representing Alabama's 6th District including all of Blount County, announced during a visit to Oneonta last week that he will open a field office in Oneonta City Hall. It will be the first legislative office in Blount County for a number of years. The office, to be manned by a member of the congressman's staff, will be open the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, Palmer announced in a release Monday.
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Rep. Palmer voted today for H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act, and gives the following statement:
"The bill we passed today would permanently eliminate the death tax. This is long overdue. The death tax presents a significant danger to family farms and other small business. The death tax, originally created to fund the World War I, was intended to be temporary. I doubt it was ever good policy, but in any event, the purpose for it has long passed and it is time it meet its permanent end."
WASHINGTON — Representatives Gary Palmer (R-AL6) and Mo Brooks have signed on to co-sponsor this year's Fair Tax bill in the U.S. House, signaling even more support from the Alabama congressional delegation for an overhaul of the tax code.
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Washington D.C. - Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, commends the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on its new report, and calls for the elimination of on duplicative spending and waste and for the implementation of cost savings and revenue enhancement plans: