Gary Palmer: “Thank you for allowing me to participate in this very important hearing.”

Once again, it is as though we are debating two different bills. I have no idea where industry comes into this. This is about protecting forests. It is about promoting wildlife. It is about reducing emissions by prescribed burns. If my…

They are small business owners, farmers, parents, veterans, and neighbors who get up every day and do the right thing for their families and their communities. That is who I work for. That is who this has always been about.

Dependence on China for critical minerals is an undeniable threat to our national security.

In the movie, ‘Field of Dreams,’ they said, ‘Build it, and they will come,” U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer said at a 2023 media event, misquoting the 1989 Kevin Costner film. “That applies to infrastructure.