Press Releases
March 8, 2011
Congressman Mike Turner penned a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, following up on an invitation to visit the Dayton VA Facility extended by Turner's staff. "Yesterday my Chief of Staff invited you to come to Dayton and you indicated a willingness to consider the invitation. Visiting the Dayton VA Medical Center Dental Clinic will go a long way to reassure the community that the VA is committed to providing the highest quality of care and will do everything within its power to resolve this issue," Turner wrote Shinseki.
March 3, 2011
Congressmen Mike Turner and Dan Burton (IN-5) sent a letter to Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee convene hearings into the actions of Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation relating to Delphi employee pensions.
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Congressmen Mike Turner (OH-3) and Dan Burton (IN-5) sent a letter to Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee convene hearings into the actions of Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) relating to Delphi employee pensions.March 3, 2011
Today the House took an important step towards eliminating just one of the onerous costs ObamaCare has placed on our nation's job creators.
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Today, Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement upon the passage of the Repeal of ObamaCare's Form 1099 provision repeal:
March 2, 2011
Congressman Mike Turner hailed the announcement of a $294,000 grant to the Clinton County Port Authority of Wilmington, Ohio to develop a marketing redevelopment and re-use plan for the former DHL Airpark.
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Congressman Mike Turner hailed the announcement of a $294,000 grant to the Clinton County Port Authority of Wilmington, Ohio to develop a marketing redevelopment and re-use plan for the former DHL Airpark. The grant comes from the U.S. Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA).March 1, 2011
U.S. Congressman Mike Turner (R-Ohio), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, released the following opening statement in conjunction with the subcommittee's hearing on the status of the nation's strategic forces:
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U.S. Congressman Mike Turner (R-Ohio), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, released the following opening statement in conjunction with the subcommittee's hearing on the status of the nation's strategic forces:February 17, 2011
"I join families of Service members around the globe in thanking Secretary Gates for his support of their parental rights. Our men and women in uniform should not have to worry about losing their children while they defend us overseas," said Turner.
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Letter from Secretary of Defense Calls for Legislation Which Creates Uniform Standard of ProtectionFebruary 16, 2011
Emphasizing the important role that ECSS plays in the current Defense efficiencies plan, Turner asked General Schwartz specifically about the status of the program, as well as the timelines for completion of the CCR.
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On Thursday at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Air Force budget, Congressman Mike Turner questioned Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Norman Schwartz on the future of the Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.February 16, 2011
The three lawmakers requested the VA Secretary to "order a review of all VA Medical Facility oversight policies and procedures to ensure that veterans are receiving the quality of care that they deserve and which had been promised to them."
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Senator Sherrod Brown, Senator Rob Portman, and Congressman Mike Turner wrote to Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eric Shinseki, urging him to investigate the lack of oversight that allegedly allowed a practitioner at the Dayton VA Medical Center's dental clinic to violate medical standards of practice over a period of 18 years.February 15, 2011
From the Wright Brothers' test flights at Huffman Prairie to today's work by the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson, the roots of what made the Space Shuttle possible can be traced to Ohio.
February 14, 2011
At a pen and pad session with the media, Turner stressed the need for continued bipartisanship in pursuing robust missile defense capabilities, modernizing our nuclear weapons, and finding measured solutions for cost efficiencies and savings in our defense budget.
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Today, Congressman Mike Turner outlined his priorities as Chairman of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee.