Press Releases

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.

Today, Congressman Mike Turner penned a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction setting the record straight on the true cost of maintaining our nuclear deterrent. On October 11th, 65 Members of Congress sent a letter to Committee members alleging that our nation spends "over $50 billion a year on the U.S. nuclear arsenal," and calling on "the Super Committee to cut $20 billion a year, or $200 billion over the next ten years, from the U.S. nuclear weapons budget." .

Congressman Mike Turner responded to the news that the new U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (LCMC) will be located at the base. The U.S. Air Force will be consolidating twelve Centers under the Air Force Material Command (AFMC) into five, two of which will be headed up at the installation. This includes a consolidated Life Cycle Management Center (LCMC) focusing on acquisition, and the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) which will focus on technology. The remaining three Centers will focus on testing, sustainment, and nuclear weapons. .

Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) welcomed Congressman John Culberson (TX-7) Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies upon his visit and tour of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on Friday. Turner, who has been a leader in growing Wright-Patt throughout his time in Congress, will join Culberson on his visit. .