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: 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%; Write a Review

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, Governors Task Force to Strengthen Alabama Families

Member, Governors 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 Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Support "Three Strikes" Laws and death penalty are necessary. The stricter punishment we use, the less crimes it occurs.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Oppose The federal government caused the Great Recession, and keeping out of the economy will end it.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Support Government's role in schooling should be limited. State-funded vouchers should pay for private schools, charter schools, home-schooling, or whatever schools parents choose.
7. Make voter registration easier	Oppose ID requirements for voting are reasonable. Some practical reforms are needed, but the basic system of privately financing political campaigns is acceptable.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Strongly Support U.S. needs to keep expanding the military. Increase defense spending is also to meet global responsibilities.
11. Support & expand free trade	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Oppose Government should not be involved with providing healthcare, because it would make the government takeover of a large portion of the economy and undue intrusions into personal medical histories.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Support The earth is humankind's domain, and human needs should be placed first. EPA regulations are too restrictive and wrong.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

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)
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)
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)

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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