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U.S. Representative — Alabama's 6th District

Gary Palmer

Republican · Alabama

Republican U.S. Representative for Alabama's 6th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9617 — CHARM Act (Reported, Jul 9, 2026)
  • H.R.8467 — ZOMBIE Act (Introduced, Apr 23, 2026)
    Zeroing Out Monetary Benefits Improperly Expended Act or the ZOMBIE Act This bill focuses requirements governing the assessment, tracking, and reporting of improper payments made by federal agencies on improper payments that result in financial loss to the government. The bill defines financial loss…
  • H.R.7934 — Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2026 (Reported, Mar 16, 2026)
  • H.R.6373 — Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security Act of 2025 (Introduced, Dec 3, 2025)
  • H.R.6102 — Citizen Ballot Protection Act (Introduced, Nov 18, 2025)
  • H.R.4609 — To extend the authority to carry out the Defense Production Act of 1950. (Introduced, Jul 22, 2025)
  • H.R.4370 — SAMS Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 14, 2025)
  • H.R.2953 — ALERT Act (Introduced, Apr 17, 2025)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.9936 — PERFORM Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9849 — Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.569 — Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.6609 — Pharmacists Fight Back in Medicare and Medicaid Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
  • H.R.8781 — Title IX Clarification Act of 2026 (Reported, May 14, 2026)
  • H.R.6610 — Pharmacists Fight Back [in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act] (Reported, May 14, 2026)
  • H.R.1137 — No Kill Switches in Cars Act (Introduced, May 7, 2026)
  • H.R.8481 — Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 23, 2026)

Voting analysis

Gary Palmer chairs the environment subcommittee at Energy and Commerce. The first item on his filing list is a resolution to overturn an energy department rule setting efficiency standards for gas-fired water heaters. Chairing environment and legislating to remove an environmental standard is not a contradiction — the panel's jurisdiction is regulation, and shaping regulation includes striking it — but the two facts sitting next to each other are the shortest description of his politics this page can offer.

112
Bills sponsored
716
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 46 currently sit at Introduced.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Gary Palmer's cluster into: Energy (9), Finance and Financial Sector (8), Environmental Protection (6), Government Operations and Politics (5), Science, Technology, Communications (5), Health (4).

Two votes, one bill, opposite ways

The fuel retailer bill reached the floor twice and he answered differently each time, and on both occasions his answer was not the conference's. He was against it when it passed and for it when it failed. Something in the text or the circumstances changed between the two roll calls; the vote record captures the change without explaining it.

3.2%
Votes against the Republican majority
216
Roll calls where a party majority formed
116 of 218
Rank among House Republicans, most defections first

The rest

Three amendment votes, one carried and two lost. One further completed bill he opposed and the House passed. A rotorcraft safety measure he supported and the House rejected.

All 7 roll calls where Gary Palmer voted against the House Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 258		Jul 21, 2026Agreed toAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8469
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 174		May 15, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Motion to Recommit · roll call 163		May 13, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 147		Apr 30, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.4294
MAWS Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 88		Mar 17, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
S.2503
ROTOR Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 72		Feb 24, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)

Above the Alabama Republicans

Among Alabama's five House Republicans he departs more often than the group average.

Among the 5 Republicans in the Alabama delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 2.9%. Gary Palmer is above that average at 3.2%.

Tenure and attendance

He arrived midway through the last decade and has been returned five times since. Very few votes pass him by.

First elected in 2015, now serving across 6 terms. Gary Palmer falls in the veteran cohort.

1.8%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
4
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Gary Palmer has 112 bills sponsored, 716 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Energy
  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Environment (Chair)
  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Oversight and Investigations
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Government Operations

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