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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday morning that the subsidies provided through federally-run ObamaCare exchanges are lawful.
The 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell is being touted as a "major win" for the Obama administration's signature, and most controversial legislation.
Thirty-four states currently rely on the federal marketplace, had the Supreme Court ruled the other way the entire law would have been hobbled nearly to the point of ineffectiveness.
Most of Alabama's congressional delegation slammed the Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that upheld a contested portion of the Affordable Care Act. Some members pushed for repealing the health care law in light of the court's 6-3 decision that ruled subsidies for coverage are legal in all states, not just in those that set up their own health care exchanges.
On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer took part in a dual effort in Congress to stop what he called "overregulation" aimed at delaying the implementation of new rules under the federal Clean Air Act of 1963. Palmer said the regulatory changes were coercive in nature and constitute a de facto regressive tax increase as he argued in favor of the "Ratepayer Protection Act," which passed the House 287-180 yesterday and now goes before the Senate for a vote.
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer:
I've long been an advocate for repealing this unworkable and unaffordable law. Today's decision by SCOTUS makes it even more imperative that Congress work to fully repeal it. As far as the opinion is concerned, I agree with Justice Scalia when he writes in dissent:
Thursday, June 18, Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) announced in a statement that he is an original co-sponsor of HR2802, The First Amendment Defense Act, which was introduced this week. The bill's sponsors claims that it preserves the right for all Americans to hold religious or moral beliefs about marriage without being threatened with legal consequences.
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -Congressman Gary Palmer says the head of the federal Office of Personnel Management, the agency whose database of millions of federal employee records was hacked, should resign.
Tuesday, June 16, Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) released a statement after questioning government officials at a hearing on a recent data breach of the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that became public on June 4.
US Representative Gary Palmer said that, "The breach of data at OPM is a major blow to America's national security, as well as the personal security of millions of Americans. Also troubling is that OPM has not been transparent concerning the number of people at risk or who is at risk due to this breach."
Rep. Gary Palmer has introduced legislation he said will protect patients from harmful ramifications from ICD-10, a new coding system tied to Medicare and Medicaid. Palmer's efforts have the support of the Alabama medical community, including a physician who previously ran against the freshman Congressman for the Sixth District seat
On Thursday, June 11, Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) was given the opportunity to be one of the few people in the world to read the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement (as it is currently written) after demanding to be allowed to have a copy for review in a letter to Ambassador Michael Froman, the United States Trade Representative.
Rep. Palmer said, "I sent this letter to the US Trade Representative because I believe greater transparency is needed."
In an open letter obtained by Breitbart News, Congressman Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL)100% addressed Ambassador Michael Froman, the United States Trade Representative, asking for greater access to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) via email through an apparent loophole as the vote in the House rapidly approaches.
In the letter, Rep. Palmer (R-AL) requested that a copy of the text be emailed to him for further review and cited that TPP addresses a number of areas which range from immigration, labor, and the environment—issues that he thinks lawmakers should not have limited access on.