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  • Turner Grills IRS Officials at Oversight Hearing
    May 22, 2013 - Congressman Mike Turner, a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today directly questioned IRS officials at a hearing on the IRS targeting taxpayers for their political beliefs. Turner is seeking to find answers as to who undertook this action, who approved it, and wh... More
  • Turner: “What the IRS Did Absolutely Should be Illegal”
    May 17, 2013 - Today at a hearing before the House Committee on Ways and Means, outgoing Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steve Miller, stated that the actions of IRS employees targeting conservative organizations was “absolutely not illegal.” Turner in the following statement calls on fellow lawmakers to joi... 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 Introduce Taxpayer Nondiscrimination and Protection Act
    May 13, 2013 - Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), today will introduce the Taxpayer Nondiscrimination & Protection Act of 2013. The bill would amend Title 18 of the U.S. Code to make it a crime for an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee to discriminate against an individual or group on the basis of their protect... 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
  • Turner Statement on White House Meeting on Sexual Assault in the Military
    May 9, 2013 - Congressman Mike Turner, Co-Chair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, released the following statement after meeting with White House officials and a group of bipartisan, bicameral lawmakers on the issue of sexual assault in the military: “Today’s meeting was a positive discussion abou... More
  • Turner Joins in Introducing Legislation to Level the Playing Field for American Manufacturers
    May 9, 2013 - Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) and Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-17), along with 30 original co-sponsors, joined in introducing the bi-partisan Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act (FMLAA). The FMLAA would require foreign manufacturers doing business in the U.S. to identify a registered... More
  • Turner, Tsongas Introduce BE SAFE Act
    May 8, 2013 - Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (MA-3), Co-Chairs of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, have introduced the Better Enforcement for Sexual Assault Free Environments Act of 2013 (BE SAFE) Act. This legislation continues the lawmakers’ bipartisan effort to com... More
  • Turner Highlights Positive Impacts of American Energy Production, Export
    May 7, 2013 - Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), who has introduced the Expedited LNG for American Allies Act (H.R. 580), submitted the following statement for the record as the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing on “U.S. Energy Abundance: Exports and the Changing... More
  • Turner Statement on DOD FY12 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military
    May 7, 2013 - Congressman Mike Turner, Co-Chair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, released the following statement upon being briefed by the Defense Department on their Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military: “The latest number released by the Department of Defense represent the continuat... More