Spending Cuts and Debt
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, announced the first hearing of the 119th Congress for the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations titled Examining the Biden Administration’s Energy and Environment Spending Push.
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The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives passed Speaker McCarthy’s debt ceiling bill by two votes Wednesday, 217-215.
Every member of the state’s Republican congressional delegation voted in favor of the “Limit, Save, and Grow Act of 2023,” which would raise the debt ceiling while also cut future spending.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) presided over the House floor when the legislation passed.
The House passed a Republican debt ceiling bill giving House Speaker Kevin McCarthy the biggest win of his Speakership so far. The GOP now feels this will bring President Biden and Democrats in Congress to the negotiating table. FOX’s John Saucier speaks with Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) about the debt ceiling bill offered by Republicans and why he believes in it. Listen here.
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President Joe Biden said he is still refusing to negotiate with Republicans over raising the debt ceiling. And, he is criticizing the other side of the aisle for not yet putting forward their own plan.
During this week’s State of the Union address, Biden said “Next month, when I offer my fiscal plan, I ask my Republican friends to lay down their plan as well. I really mean it.”
Averting a government shutdown with hours to spare, Congress gave approval to a short-term funding package Friday that will continue federal operations until Dec. 16.
The stop-gap measure passed the U.S. House of Representatives 230-201; the Senate advanced the bill in a 72-25 vote Thursday.
Alabama’s congressional delegation voted 7-2 against the legislation.
Democratic leaders in the Senate unveiled a stop-gap funding bill this week to avoid a potential government shutdown Saturday.
The continuing resolution will keep spending at current levels and fund the government through Dec. 16. The bill passed a procedural vote on Tuesday and is making its way through the Senate.
In order to avoid a government shutdown the U.S. House of Representatives will also have to vote for the spending bill by the end of the month.
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Palmer on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Vote
Washington, DC – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Conference Report.
On Friday, January 8, 2015, President Obama’s vetoed a bill, HR3762, that would have dismantled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (popularly known as Obamacare), and eliminated federal funding for the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.
On Wednesday, January 6, Congress passed HR3762, a budget "reconciliation" bill that repeals components of Obamacare and places a one-year moratorium on Planned Parenthood funding. The bill will now go to President Obama's desk. US Representatives Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose), and Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) released statements supporting the legislation.
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representativessent legislation to President Barack ObamaWednesday after voting to repeal his legacy health law in efforts to fulfill a 2014 promise to voters.
Although Congress passed a bi-partisan budget deal on Friday to avert a government shutdown, only two members of the Alabama delegation followed the leaders of their parties' call to approve the omnibus bill that funds the government until September.
U.S. Reps. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, and Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, were the only two "yes" votes for the omnibus in the House; both Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions voted against it in the Senate, as they previously indicated they would.
On Friday, December 18, the massive omnibus spending bill that funds the government until the end of September easily passed the US House of Representatives. US Representatives Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose), and Mike Rogers (R-Saks) each separately released statements explaining why they voted no on the legislation.
The only members of the Alabama congressional delegation to vote "yes" on the legislation were Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Selma).
The U.S. House of Representativesapproved a $1.1 trillion spending bill by an overwhelming 316-113 vote Friday morning, wrapping up a frenzied month of legislating just in time for the lawmakers to head home for the holidays.
Thursday, October 28, US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) voted against HR1314, The Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015. The bill would increase the spending caps established by the Budget Control Act (a.k.a. sequestration) for the fiscal year 2016-2017 by a combined $80 billion, divided equally between defense and non-defense spending. The deal also suspends the debt limit until March 15, 2017, allowing for an estimated $1.5 trillion in new federal debt on top of the $18.4 trillion that we already owe.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL06) told Yellowhammer Radio host Cliff Sims on Wednesday that he will push for a welfare work requirement as part of the upcoming debt limit increase negotiations with President Obama.
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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:
Many people around Alabama already knew Gary Palmer before he won the District 6 U.S. House seat in November. His work with the Alabama Policy Institute had him involved in politics for some time, but there is something different when you move from analyst to lawmaker.
We talked to him about that recently and got insight on working in D.C.
1. You've been in Washington for a few weeks now. Any major surprises from just a daily routine standpoint? What has been the thing you've encountered that did surprise you?
WASHINGTON — Alabama's newest Congressman, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL6), took his turn to grill President Obama's budget director in a House Budget Committee hearing Wednesday.
After recounting the Aesop's fable of the ant who prepared for the impending winter, and the grasshopper who starved because he didn't, Rep. Palmer told Obama budget director Shaun Donovan, "The fiscal winter is upon us, Mr. Donovan, and if this budget is any indication this administration is playing the role of the grasshopper."