Press Releases

Today, Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces requested that Rep. Ed Markey "publicly repudiate and correct the inaccurate and misleading information" contained in an October 11th letter that he and 64 other Members of Congress sent to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Rep. Markey's letter stated that the U.S. "spend[s] over $50 billion a year on the U.S. nuclear arsenal," and called on "the Super Committee to cut $20 billion a year, or $200 billion over the next ten years, from the U.S.

Today, Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement upon word that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction would not be delivering a plan to Congress on how to undertake $1.2 trillion in cuts as described in the Budget Control Act of 2011. Turner, who opposed raising the debt limit and slashing national security spending, continues to sound the alarm as to how this failure will impact the nation's defense.

Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) released the following statement after voting in favor of a Balanced Budget Amendment to our Constitution. Turner is an original co-sponsor of the legislation, H.J.Res. 2. .

Congressman Mike Turner, in a letter to Vincent Snowbarger, has demanded greater details surrounding the Administration's picking of winners and losers amongst Delphi retirees following the Auto Bailout. Just prior to a field hearing in Dayton on Monday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Snowbarger answered months-old questions regarding just how involved the Administration was in the Delphi decision. Snowbarger is Deputy Director for Operations for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and was directly involved in the Auto Bailout process.

Today, Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces was joined by several Members of the Subcommittee in writing to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to voice their concern regarding lack of a missile defense hedge for the U.S. homeland.

Today, Congressman Mike Turner commended the news that the National Park Service Advisory Board's National Historic Landmark Committee voted unanimously to report the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center nomination for consideration as a National Historic Landmark. .

Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) announced details on a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee field hearing he requested, to receive testimony directly from local Delphi salaried retirees. Turner, who is a senior member of the Committee, has been pressing the Administration for answers since the Auto Bailout was undertaken. The hearing request stems from a decision by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) that resulted in approximately 20,000 current and future salaried Delphi retirees from across the country taking a severe cut in their pension benefits.

Following a hearing before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Chairman Mike Turner wrote to the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, reiterating his subcommittee's call for full funding of the modernization of the U.S. nuclear deterrent. The Subcommittee held a hearing last week on U.S. nuclear policy and posture, with a witness panel consisting of the key military and administration officials responsible for the U.S. nuclear deterrent.