Press Releases

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) introduced the Expedited LNG for American Allies Act. This measure, which is the bipartisan House companion to bipartisan legislation introduced by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), seeks to help strengthen our strategic partnerships with key allies, reduce the trade deficit and boost job growth right here at home by streamlining the regulatory process to export natural gas to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries, Japan and others.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) reintroduced the First Responder Medical Device Tax Relief Act – legislation to repeal the tax on medical device manufacturers. On January 1, 2013, Obamacare began imposing a 2.3 percent excise tax on the sale of medical devices by manufactures, providers, and importers. This tax will place yet another burden on American businesses, stifling development of innovative life-saving products and costing jobs when our economy is struggling to recover, and will result in higher costs and inferior care for patients.

Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, released the following statement as President Barack Obama offered a proposal on averting the sequestration cuts to our nation's military:

Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, released the following statement on a Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) government produced video depicting an attack on the U.S. homeland:

U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with the entire Ohio Congressional delegation, sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh expressing their "strong support for the Ohio National Guard's 121st Air Refueling Wing based at Rickenbacker Air Guard Station (AGS)" to be selected as the primary site for the new KC-46A refueling aircraft.

Congressman Mike Turner, Co-Chair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, questioned Air Force leaders Gen. Mark A Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Gen. Edward A. Rice, Jr., Commander of the Air Education and Training Command, at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the sexual misconduct by basic training instructors at Lackland Air Force Base. Prior to today's hearing, Turner had received briefings from Gen. Rice on the allegations and investigation at the Texas base.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (MA-3), Co-Chairs of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta commending the United States Air Force for implementing programs aimed at combating sexual assault in the military, in particular their new Special Victims' Counsel Pilot Program.

Lieutenant General Richard Harding, Air Force Judge Advocate General, recently briefed the lawmakers on the Special Victims' Counsel Pilot Program, which provides military sexual assault survivors with a dedicated attorney to walk them through the often cumbersome and confusing investigative and prosecutorial process.

Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces issued the following statement upon President Obama's nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense: