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Strange Announces Volkswagen and Audi Diesel Vehicle Settlement

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, June 28, Attorney General Luther Strange (R) announced that Alabama is participating in an interrelated series of settlements with Volkswagen AG and its Audi and Porsche affiliates arising from Volkswagen’s violations of state consumer protection laws and emissions standards. In two related settlements, one with the United States … Continued
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June 29, 2016

Palmer Makes EPA Chief Watch Video of Struggling Alabama Coal Miners

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Generations of Alabamians earned a living digging the coal that powered America’s industrial revolution. The coal was used to make steel, power factories, and burned by power plants to make electricity for our homes. Strenuous new regulations on American industry by President Barack H. Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) … Continued
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June 27, 2016

Palmer Questions EPA Head

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Critics of President Obama’s EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) have alleged that the agency may have been politicized by the administration. On Thursday, August 13, US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) suggested that EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy might not have been entirely forthcoming recently, with a US House of Representatives … Continued
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August 14, 2015

Rogers Introduces Legislation to Get US Out of United Nations

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Saks) has sponsored the American Sovereignty Restoration Act, HR1205, which would end American involvement in the United Nations.  US Representative Rogers said in a statement, “Across East Alabama, many of you may agree with me that the United States’ participation with the United Nations should end immediately. … Continued
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June 23, 2015

Palmer Supports Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, April 23 U.S. Representative Gary Palmer (R from Hoover) as a member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, participated in a hearing entitled “Hydraulic Fracturing: Banning Proven Technologies on Possibilities Instead of Probabilities.”   Following the hearing Rep. Palmer said that there are no confirmed instances … Continued
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April 24, 2015