Press Releases
Today, U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine.) and U.S. Representatives Mike Turner (R-Ohio) and Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to combat sexual assaults in the military by better holding perpetrators accountable and better protecting survivors. The updated version of the group's legislation includes additional provisions to protect and enhance the rights of victims. The lawmakers are working to include the legislation in this year's National Defense Authorization Act.
Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, has lead 121 of his colleagues in writing to Army Secretary John McHugh in support of funding for the upgrading of the M1A1 Abrams tanks that our National Guard uses. The President's budget has once again failed to adequately fund the program, leaving the responsibility of maintaining this critical capability to Congress.
Congressman Mike Turner, a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today directly questioned IRS officials at a hearing on the IRS targeting taxpayers for their political beliefs. Turner is seeking to find answers as to who undertook this action, who approved it, and who orchestrated it.
Today at a hearing before the House Committee on Ways and Means, outgoing Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steve Miller, stated that the actions of IRS employees targeting conservative organizations was "absolutely not illegal." Turner in the following statement calls on fellow lawmakers to join him in making it an illegal act:
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) released the following statement upon Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announcing that Defense Department civilian employees would be furloughed 11 days as a result of sequestration:
Congressman Mike Turner, Co-Chair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, released the following statement after meeting with White House officials and a group of bipartisan, bicameral lawmakers on the issue of sexual assault in the military:
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Co-Chair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, has been invited to the White House today to discuss the issue of sexual assault in the military. The meeting, today at 10:30am, will be with President Obama's senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and Tina Tchen, the first lady's chief of staff. Turner yesterday teamed with Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (MA-3) to introduce the .BE SAFE Act. The legislation addresses issues with Article 60 of the UCMJ's convening authority, and creates an automatic discharge for conviction in major sexual assault cases.
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) and Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-17), along with 30 original co-sponsors, joined in introducing the bi-partisan Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act (FMLAA).
The FMLAA would require foreign manufacturers doing business in the U.S. to identify a registered agent authorized to accept service of process on behalf of the manufacturer. Registering an agent would constitute an acceptance of jurisdiction of the state in which the agent is located.
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (MA-3), Co-Chairs of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, have introduced the Better Enforcement for Sexual Assault Free Environments Act of 2013 (BE SAFE) Act. This legislation continues the lawmakers' bipartisan effort to combat the issue of sexual assault in the military. Previously, they co-authored the STRONG Act and were successful in getting many of its provisions passed through the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in recent years.