In this episode of Executive Lion’s Living Life On Purpose, Matt Wilson and Andrew Wells sit down with U.S. Congressman Gary Palmer to discuss how he lives with character and conviction in a place that tends to lack both traits.

Gary Palmer was born and raised “dirt poor” in Alabama without indoor plumbing and says it hit him one day when he was walking through the White House that he had gone “from the outhouse to the White House,” and called his mother from a hallway to share the humorous moment.

“You’re not defined by where you start,” Palmer said he often tells young people who come from difficult backgrounds. “I really believe God has a call on everybody’s life and you never know what it is. It might be in one of your children or grandchildren, but the whole thing is to trust that God is directing your life and to allow him to unlock what is in you.”

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Palmer serves with servant leadership as the 6th District Representative for Alabama and is a huge proponent for a strong family and constitutional principles. He also has a heart for raising up young leaders and wants to see future statesmen, not politicians, emerge in our country. He has been shot at for his beliefs and still does not back down in the face of danger to his person or career.