• PALMER, GARY
Experience: House: District 6, 2015-Present
Home State: Alabama
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $1,092,872Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Gary Palmer
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Ann; 3 Children: Claire, Kathleen, Rob
    Birth Date: 05/14/1954
    Birth Place: Alabama
    Home City: Birmingham, AL
    Religion: Presbyterian

Education

    BS, Operations Management, University of Alabama

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 6, 2014-present

Current Legislative Committees

    Budget, Member
    Oversight and Government Reform, Member
    Science, Space, and Technology, Member
    Subcommittee on Oversight (Science, Space, and Technology), Member
    Subcommittee on Research and Technology, Member
    Subcommittee on the Interior, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Alabama Commission on Improving State Government
    Appointed by Governor Bob Riley, Member, Governor’s Task Force to Strengthen Alabama Families
    Member, Governor’s Welfare Reform Commission

Professional Experience

    Appointed by Governor James, Advisor, Alabama Aerospace, Science and Industry Task Force
    Director, Alabama Policy Institute
    Chief Development Officer, Alabama Policy Institute
    Founding Director, State Policy Network

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Club of Birmingham Rotary, 1993-present
    Member, Briarwood Presbyterian Church, present
    Member, Board of Directors, State Policy Network
    Former President, State Policy Network

Additional Information

Awards:

    Recipient, Roe Award; Honorary Doctorate, University of Mobile; Recipient, Focus on the Family Leadership Award
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Support
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Support
7. Make voter registration easier

Oppose
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Oppose
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Strongly Support
11. Support & expand free trade

No Opinion
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Oppose
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

No Opinion
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

No Opinion
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Support
Total: 6
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
03/09/2017 H.R.850 Agency Accountability Act of 2017 03/09/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.  (All Actions)
01/25/2017 H.R.637 Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2017 01/25/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.  (All Actions)
07/07/2016 H.R.4361 Government Reform and Improvement Act of 2016 07/07/2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  (All Actions)
06/21/2016 H.R.5499 Agency Accountability Act of 2016 06/21/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.  (All Actions)
11/04/2015 H.R.3880 Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2015 11/04/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.  (All Actions)
06/08/2015 H.R.2652 Protecting Patients and Physicians Against Coding Act of 2015 06/08/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
Total: 166
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
01/12/2017 H.R.38 Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017
01/12/2017 H.R.36 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
01/11/2017 H.J.Res.6 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
01/10/2017 H.R.422 Default Prevention Act
01/05/2017 H.R.76 Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017
01/03/2017 H.R.184 Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017
12/22/2016 H.R.6468 FILCA of 2016
10/11/2016 H.R.6131 Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2016
09/21/2016 H.R.6100 Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act
09/19/2016 H.R.4637 Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act
09/19/2016 H.R.2647 Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016 Failed No
09/15/2016 H.R.5351 To prohibit the transfer of any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Passed Yea
09/12/2016 H.J.Res.87 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of Labor relating to "Interpretation of the 'Advice' Exemption in Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act".
07/29/2016 H.R.4904 MEGABYTE Act of 2016 Passed Yea
07/29/2016 H.R.4777 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1301 Alabama Avenue in Selma, Alabama as the "Amelia Boynton Robinson Post Office Building".
07/22/2016 H.Con.Res.148 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States protects the individual right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense and that the Second Amendment right is fully applicable to the States.
07/15/2016 H.R.5646 Sarah's Law
07/14/2016 H.R.5904 Taxpayers Before Insurers Act
07/14/2016 H.R.5119 No 2H2O from Iran Act Passed Yea
07/14/2016 H.R.3495 Women's Public Health and Safety Act Passed Yea
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