Press Releases

Congressman Mike Turner has been named Chairman of the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) by House Speaker John Boehner. Turner will serve as the United States' lead parliamentary representative, heading a delegation of 11 House members for the 112th Congress.

Last night, Congressman Mike Turner received word that the Department of Veterans Affairs has refused to make former Dayton VA Medical Center Guy Richardson available to meet with Turner and the Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Jeff Miller, as had been planned for Monday, M

An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, shaking office buildings in Tokyo and setting off a devastating tsunami that swept away cars and boats. Tokyo airports (Narita and Haneda) are currently closed and possibly damaged. Trains and subways are down in the Tokyo metropolitan region, and train service may be sporadic throughout the rest of the country.

Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement upon the Department of Veterans Affairs missing the Friday, March 11 deadline to turnover copies of the investigation reports surrounding the events at the Dayton VA Medical Center Dental Clinic:

Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement upon the news that Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) Director Guy Richardson has been promoted to the Veterans Integrated Service Network which oversees the Dayton VAMC:

Congressman Mike Turner hailed the announcement of an $110,500 grant to the St. Mary Development Corporation of Dayton, Ohio to support the corporation's efforts to revitalize the community and create affordable housing in Southwest Ohio. The grant comes from NeighborWorks America.

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.

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.