• 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)
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
09/08/2015 H.R.3115 Enhancing Safety at Military Installations Act
07/29/2015 H.R.3421 A PLUS Act
07/29/2015 H.R.3012 Right to Try Act of 2015
07/29/2015 H.R.3011 Kate's Law
07/24/2015 H.R.3197 Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015
07/23/2015 H.R.3199 To prohibit statutory sanctions relief by the United States with respect to Iran unless the Senate provides its advice and consent to ratification of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
07/20/2015 H.R.3118 To eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010.
07/16/2015 H.Res.367 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in disapproval of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed to by the P5+1 and Iran on July 14, 2015.
07/09/2015 H.R.2942 Stop Catch and Release Act of 2015
07/08/2015 H.J.Res.59 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act.
06/17/2015 H.R.2802 First Amendment Defense Act
06/03/2015 H.R.2606 Roads Not Roses Act
05/22/2015 H.R.2560 Common Sense Waiver Act of 2015
06/16/2015 H.R.2603 Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act
06/11/2015 H.R.2737 Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015
06/11/2015 H.R.2716 Transportation Empowerment Act
06/04/2015 H.R.2258 To amend section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, to modify the authority of the President of the United States to declare national monuments, and for other purposes.
04/29/2015 H.R.1715 Executive Amnesty Prevention Act
04/29/2015 H.R.1287 Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2015
04/29/2015 H.R.612 National Right-to-Work Act
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