Dear Friend,

Next week, America celebrates our 247th birthday. Independence Day is a day where we gather with our family and friends to celebrate our nation’s founding and the freedom we have the privilege to enjoy. Unfortunately, many of our rights are vanishing right before our eyes. The Biden Administration is pushing their radical social and green-energy agendas by trying to control what appliances you use and what cars you drive, literally from stove top to tail pipe. The Department of Justice regularly harasses law-abiding citizens while ignoring evidence of possibly serious crimes committed by Hunter Biden. However, House Republicans are working to defend our freedoms. We do not believe unelected federal agency bureaucrats should have the power to control every aspect of Americans’ lives across the country. Our founding fathers fought for self-governance over governance by administrative agencies. Like all Americans, Alabamians have the Constitutionally guaranteed right to a representative government and to make decisions for themselves instead of having decisions forced upon them by the Biden Administration. This Independence Day, we are continuing that fight to ensure future generations can enjoy the same freedoms that our founders pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to protect.

In this newsletter, I have included some important updates regarding my work on your behalf in Congress. If you ever want to express your thoughts or comments regarding legislative issues, please call our D.C. office at (202) 225-4921 or email me through my website. 

Sincerely, 

Gary Palmer

D.C. Visitors

Every month, my office welcomes constituents in town to an event called Pastries with Palmer. It’s a great chance for my staff and me to meet folks from the district while they are visiting Washington, D.C. To see if one is happening during your next trip to D.C., check here!

If you are traveling to Washington, D.C. anytime soon, please contact my office to see how we can assist you. And feel free to stop by my office while in town!

Alabama Prayer Breakfast

It was an honor to attend and participate in the inaugural Alabama Delegation Prayer Breakfast hosted by Sen. Tommy Tuberville in Russel Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. It was a great time for Alabamians to come together and pray for our state and our nation. Thank you to Senator Tuberville for hosting this event. I am already looking forward to next year.

Biden Family Investigations

Last week, Hunter Biden made a plea deal with the Department of Justice that was nothing more than a slap on the wrist. His crimes were serious, but they were not treated that way. Hunter Biden knowingly broke the law to purchase a firearm but will serve no jail time. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration is pushing regulations that would make millions of ordinary Americans and veterans of our armed services into felons overnight. This is unacceptable. In regard to other issues related to Hunter Biden, I will continue to work with the Oversight and Accountability Committee to investigate these allegations and go where the evidence leads us. 

• Read my full statement here
• Alabama Today: Rep. Gary Palmer says Hunter Biden deal exposes 'glaring double standard of justice' at DOJ

Reining in Government Spending

Our country’s spending is out of control. Washington Democrats wanted to raise the debt ceiling and receive a blank check. However, House Republicans negotiated a debt ceiling increase that also included reforms to the infrastructure permitting process. Keep in mind that a debt limit increase is not an appropriations bill or a budget and does not raise spending, it raises the limit that can be spent. Despite some good aspects of the bill, it did not include significant reforms regarding work requirements for welfare. Simply put, Americans should not be paying money to keep single, able-bodied adults with no children at home. To hear more about my thoughts on the bill, please listen to the interviews below: 

• Alabama's Morning News with JT
• Matt Murphy Show
• Rick & Bubba University

Protecting Gas Stoves and Kitchen Appliances

The Biden Administration wishes to control every aspect of our lives- even what appliances we use in our kitchens. Last week, House Republicans passed our Save Our Gas Stoves Act to prevent the Biden Administration from regulating our gas-powered appliances. This follows up on my amendment on H.R. 1, our Lower Energy Costs Act, that prevents the Department of Energy from banning 50% of gas stoves on the market. We will continue to hold Washington Democrats accountable and keep them from pushing their green energy agenda on the American people. 

• Fox News: House GOP launches two-pronged assault on gas stove bans

If you wish to share your thoughts or comments regarding legislation, please email me using this link from my website or call our D.C. office at (202) 225-4921. Additionally, you can view my voting record and bills that I have sponsored and co-sponsored here.

Be sure to check out the ‘Newsroom’ section on my website to stay up to date on press releases, interviews, and articles. 

If my office can help you in any way, please contact us. You can call our D.C. office at (202) 225-4921, call our Birmingham office at (205) 968-1290, or email us using this form under the ‘Contact Gary’ tab of the website.