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  • McCaskill, Collins, Turner, Tsongas Unveil Comprehensive Legislation to Address Sexual Assaults in Military
    May 23, 2013 - Today, U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine.) and U.S. Representatives Mike Turner (R-Ohio) and Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to combat sexual assaults in the military by better holding perpetrators accountable and better protecting ... More
  • Boehner calls rise in military sexual assault 'a national disgrace’
    May 23, 2013 - By Jeremy Herb Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday called the rise of sexual assaults in the military "a national disgrace” and praised efforts underway in Congress to address the problem. "It's outrageous, and frankly, it’s a national disgrace,” Boehner said at a press conference. Boehner pr... More
  • Military Sexual Assault Tackled by Flurry of Legislation
    May 22, 2013 - By Megan Scully Roll Call Staff Lawmakers last year gave the military the benefit of the doubt that its leaders were working hard to stop the epidemic of sexual assault within their ranks, opting for a package of modest changes over far more controversial proposals that had drawn staunch opposition... More
  • Turner Leads 122 House Members in Support of Abrams Tank Funding
    May 22, 2013 - Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, has lead 121 of his colleagues in writing to Army Secretary John McHugh in support of funding for the upgrading of the M1A1 Abrams tanks that our National Guard uses. The President’s budget h... More
  • Taking Homeland Missile Defense Seriously
    May 20, 2013 - By Rep. Mike Turner Shortly after North Korea began ramping up their threats of attacking the United States or our allies in the Pacific, our nation moved key missile defense assets to the region. Then, the Obama Administration picked up their favorite bargaining chip - America’s missile defense shi... More
  • Military Sexual Assault Crisis Prompts Congress to Act
    May 17, 2013 - "A lower-level chain of command decision can result in extreme bias and extreme pressure," Turner said in an interview in his Capitol Hill office. Turner favors legislation that would move the adjudication decision on sexual assault to higher-ranking military officers then hold them to account if th... More
  • Turner Statement on DOD Civilian Furloughs
    May 14, 2013 - Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) released the following statement upon Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announcing that Defense Department civilian employees would be furloughed 11 days as a result of sequestration: “Today’s announcement is exactly why I voted against sequestration – it will severely im... More
  • Turner to White House to Discuss Military Sexual Assault
    May 9, 2013 - Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Co-Chair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, has been invited to the White House today to discuss the issue of sexual assault in the military. The meeting, today at 10:30am, will be with President Obama’s senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and Tina Tchen, t... More
  • Military Sexual Assaults Spike Despite Efforts To Combat Epidemic
    May 8, 2013 - Molly O'Toole Huffington Post Sexual assaults occurred at an average of more than 70 per day in the United States military during 2012, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Defense. Reports of sexual assault in the military rose during October 2011 through Septem... More
  • Turner, Tsongas Bill to Address Sexual Assault
    May 8, 2013 - Reps. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., are proposing stripping an officer's authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction in major cases, such as sexual assault. Their bill would also require that an individual found guilty of rape, sexual assault, forcible sodomy and an a... More