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Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, recently gathered over 100 of his colleagues' signatures calling on Speaker Paul Ryan to bring the repeal of sequestration to a vote:

"Last night President Trump said he will be sending Congress a budget that 'eliminates the defense sequester.' Over 100 of my colleagues and I are asking Speaker Ryan to bring a repeal of sequestration to the House floor for a vote. We must end these harmful and senseless budget tactics."

The letter Congressman Turner is circulating amongst his colleagues includes the following excerpt:

Speaking to WHIO listeners on December 8 about his fight to prevent the Department of Defense from cutting the ECSS program. Those cuts could cost hundreds of jobs in the Dayton region.

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ANDREA MITCHELL: Well among the critics, by the way all of you, is General Jim Jones—James Jones—the first National Security Advisor to President Obama. He wrote, "Mr. Maliki's failure to unify Iraq's diverse populations is the chief cause of the current crisis, but Washington bears some of the blame for not taking timely action that could have limited this summer's chaos. The Obama administration could have maintained a limited military training presence in Iraq after 2011; could have acted in Syria last year hone the chemical weapons "red line" was crossed; and could have in sited that Mr. Maliki arm the Kurds. But what matters more is what the U.S.

Dayton, OH—Today, The Washington Post reported that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has written a letter to potential receiver sites stating, "HHS is no longer seeking facilities for temporary shelters for unaccompanied children at this time."

For the last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has sought temporary shelters throughout the country to house illegal immigrant children who are crossing the southern border of the United States.

Washington, D.C. —Following President Obama's announcement Tuesday of his European Reassurance Initiative (ERI), Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement:

"Today, in the wake of ongoing Russian aggression, President Obama took a step forward to reassure our European allies of the U.S. commitment to Europe.

I was glad to see the President heed the leadership of the House of Representatives and take action consistent with congressional calls for a stronger military presence in Europe.

I look forward to receiving additional details and carefully reviewing the President's proposal as we continue to closely monitor the situation."

Washington, DC

— Today, Congressman Mike Turner thanked the leadership of the City of Moraine for their diligent work to preserve the region's former GM plant and congratulated Moraine's leaders on the official announcement that Fuyao, a thriving auto parts producer, is bringing manufacturing back to Dayton.