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Gary Palmer

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Gary James Palmer is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 6th congressional district since January 6, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Palmer has focused on issues such as energy independence and national security during his tenure in Congress. He has been vocal about the need to reduce dependence on foreign nations, particularly China, for critical resources. Palmer's legislative efforts often reflect his commitment to conservative principles and the interests of his constituents in Alabama.

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Jul 18, 2018

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

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Jul 18, 2018

How much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Curtis). The gentleman from Alabama has 1 minute remaining.

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Jul 17, 2018

One of things that I saw happening with ICD 10 was--and even made rural healthcare even harder to provide.

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Jul 17, 2018

this additional cost gets passed on to the consumers, and I think it has a disproportionate impact on older customers and lower-income customers.

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Jul 17, 2018

one thing that the ranking member and I do have a constitutional responsibility to do, and that is vote, and a political responsibility as well.

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Jul 17, 2018

the people who are responsible for regulating are not people who are trying to mess things up. They're trying to do a good job.

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Jul 17, 2018

I think there are a number of things we can do in that arena.

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Jul 17, 2018

I introduced a bill to postpone the implementation of ICD 10 primarily because I grew up in a rural area.

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Jul 17, 2018

The technologies that they're auditing us on are not consistent.

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Jul 17, 2018

A regulatory cost is just a hidden cost that weighs disproportionately heavily upon low-income families.

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Jul 17, 2018

If you want to see what overregulation of a healthcare system looks like, take a look at Canada.

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Jun 25, 2018

When you lock it up, that's neglect, and that's destruction by neglect.

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Jun 25, 2018

The only forester in Congress is Congressman Bruce Westerman, who's a dear friend of mine.

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Jun 25, 2018

Does it make sense to continue the practices that we employ now to manage our Federal forests when we've already lost millions of acres?

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Jun 25, 2018

I just think we need a commonsense approach to this.

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Jun 18, 2018

And the State Department is so screwed up in the handling of classified information that if they had wanted to prosecute Secretary Clinton, that they would have had to prosecute 150 State Department people.

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May 21, 2018

First of all, I would hate to have one of my children at a college that charges them thousands of dollars in university fees.

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May 21, 2018

One of the reasons this really, really bothers me is that we sent out $140 billion in improper payments last year.

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May 21, 2018

Do conservative students who pay those same fees have a right to demand that their activity fee not be used to fund speakers or programs with which they disagree?

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May 21, 2018

I don't like the idea of us having to have hearings like this and then coming back and trying to fix a problem that should never have occurred to start with.

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May 21, 2018

you said that these activities where literally, these conservative students or newspapers have been confiscated. That's speech, isn't it?

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May 21, 2018

So is that acceptable, that 19 people were denied their opportunity to speak?

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May 21, 2018

I hope you didn't spend a million dollars on it, because I think for a million dollars I could have gone in there with a sledgehammer and a wheelbarrow.

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May 21, 2018

So you've got $962,000 in balance?

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May 21, 2018

the program is virtually shut down.

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