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As an official United States holiday, Thanksgiving is inextricably linked to our nation’s founding and its times of conflict. The earliest Thanksgiving observances were announced by presidents, often during serious wars.
The power to impeach a president resides with the entire House of Representatives, not select committees. Up until now, every impeachment inquiry has required a majority vote in the House to get started and has been conducted publicly. Unlike previous impeachments, the process of investigating President Trump has been hyper-partisan, extremely biased, and irreparably deceitful.
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Palmer Criticizes Overdue Impeachment Resolution Vote
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Palmer Stands for Increased Access to Federal Building Proposals
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Palmer Stands for Persecuted Christians
“It's a universal law – intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.” –Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
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Palmer Responds to Launch of Impeachment Inquiry
When I first ran for Congress, I made a commitment that I would not be an absentee representative. I was determined not to move to Washington, D.C. and subsequently leave behind my district and the state of Alabama. To make good on that commitment, I come home every week, and during Congress’s recess periods, I go out into the district to meet the people I am proud to represent.
"A popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." --James Madison
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Palmer Opposes 2019 Budget Deal
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WASHINGTON — Alabama Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) introduced Tuesday a landmark bill which could dramatically decrease the amount of power the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has to regulate carbon emissions, as well as other “greenhouse gasses.”
Recent controversial actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have caught the attention of freshman Congressman Gary Palmer
WASHINGTON — Alabama Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) introduced Tuesday a landmark bill which could dramatically decrease the amount of power the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has to regulate carbon emissions, as well as other “greenhouse gasses.”
Recent controversial actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have caught the attention of freshman Congressman Gary Palmer
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.
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.
Alabama lawmakers welcomed the newly elected Speaker of the U.S.
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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.
