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On Thursday, October 29, US Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) was selected by his House Republican colleagues to be the successor to the retiring Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). US Representatives Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) and Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) both made statements upon the election of Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House.
WASHINGTON — Six-to-one votes are not uncommon among Alabama's congressional delegation. With six Republicans and only one Democrat, many votes fall along partisan lines. But a six-to-one vote this week was a bit more unusual. While Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL7) joined five Alabama Republicans in supporting the reauthorization of the controversial Export-Import Bank, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL6) broke with his GOP colleagues to vote against what many conservatives have called "corporate welfare."
Alabama lawmakers welcomed the newly elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Rep. Paul Ryan(R-Wis.) as he took over the post from outgoing speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) Thursday morning.
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So far three of Alabama's seven lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have reacted to the election of Rep. Paul Ryan(R-WI) to succeed John Boehner as the 54th Speaker of the House. They've stated they're pleased with the election and are willing to work with Ryan.
Here's what they had to say:
Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Dist 1) said:
As expected, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., was elected the next speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday, a day after a closed-door meeting of Republicans made him the GOP nominee. Ryan won with 236 votes, or 28 more than he needed to win the election.
No members of Alabama's congressional delegation voted for Ryan's main Republican rival for speaker, Daniel Webster of Florida, despite Webster being endorsed from the House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative Republicans that counts two Alabamians as members.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) joined his fellow members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today in co-sponsoring a resolution to begin proceedings to impeach Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen.
Alabama Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) and 18 other Republican members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee introduced a resolution Tuesday to start impeachment proceedings against
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover, gave strong indications that he would have no qualms with Paul Ryan succeeding House Speaker John Boehner during an appearance Monday on the "The Matt Murphy Show."
President Barack Obama issued the fifth veto of his presidency Thursday when he vetoed the annual defense authorization bill. The $612 billion National Defense Authorization Act(NDAA) funds the country's military and national defense.
U.S. Rep. GaryPalmer on Thursday cosigned a letter to the governors and attorneys general of all 50 states stridently opposing the Environmental Protection Agency's new "Clean Power Plan," which would shut down several coal-fired power plants among other changes to the nation's energy regime.
Palmer, who was joined in his epistolary effort by Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, said in the letter the Obama administration's new EPA regulations would do "enormous harm" to the domestic economy,