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August 24, 2015
Congressman Gary Palmer will hold a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31 at Vestavia Hills City Hall. The event is open to the public and will give attendees the opportunity to ask questions and share their opinion on current events with Palmer.
August 21, 2015
Congressman Gary Palmer announced on Friday that the Isabella Fire and Rescue Department received a grant for $39,048 awarded by the Department of Homeland Security.
August 21, 2015
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (AL-06) is taking a stand against the Environment Protection Agency‘s newly proposed rule that would apply to new or modified oil or natural gas sources. The proposal aims to cut methane by 40 to 45 percent of the 2012 levels by 2025 and would require drillers to plug leaks and capture lost gas in wells intended to extract only oil.
Issues:Energy and the Environment
August 20, 2015
TRUSSVILLE — U.S. Representative Gary Palmer (R – Hoover) spoke at the monthly Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday. Palmer recently returned from Israel, where he and other American leaders met with region leaders to get a better understanding on the Iran nuclear weapons deal.
August 18, 2015
Additionally, Congressman Gary Palmer recently visited Snider's Discount Pharmacy in Chelsea, Alabama. Prior to his visit, Congressman Palmer had already supported H.R. 592. His visit to Snider's Discount Pharmacy provided an opportunity for those in attendance to thank him for his support for this bill, but also urge him to support H.R. 793 and H.R. 244, the MAC Transparency Act.
August 14, 2015
Critics of President Obama’s EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) have alleged that the agency may have been politicized by the administration. On Thursday, August 13, US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) suggested that EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy might not have been entirely forthcoming recently, with a US House of Representatives Committee.
Issues:Energy and the Environment
August 14, 2015
WASHINGTON — Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6), joined twelve other members of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee in signing a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy calling claims she made during testimony before the Committee in July about the impact of the EPA’s regulatory agenda “false and misleading.”
Issues:Energy and the Environment
August 7, 2015
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover, is holding a town hall meeting at 4 p.m. Friday at the Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford.
The Rockford appearance is one of several by the freshman congressman in Coosa County on Friday.
The visit comes a day after Palmer was one of 94 congressman to sign a letter urging the president to release details of so-called "side deals" with Iran on the agreement with Tehran on its nuclear program.
August 7, 2015
Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) addressing the Republican Women of Trussville on Thursday said that the House is going to address the issue when it comes back from its August recess. “Each video gets progressively worse. Obviously Planned Parenthood has violated federal law.” Palmer said that he has called for an independent counsel to investigate, because US Attorney General Loretta Lynch has filed briefs supporting Planned Parenthood in the past (before she was the AG). Rep. Palmer said that efforts to defund Planned Parenthood will continue.
August 6, 2015
With much of the money to Planned Parenthood tied up in mandatory expenditures under Medicaid, it may take a stand alone bill to sort out the funding issue.