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WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Congressman Mike Turner formally announced the winners of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition. The first-place winner is Abigail Withrow (Grade 9) from Valley View High School; second place is Avalynn Chaney (Grade 12) from Stivers School for the Arts; and in third place is Lillyan Higgins (grade 12) from Stivers School for the Arts. Honorable mentions include Kori Moore from Brookeville High School, Atlantis Thompson from Stivers School for the Arts, Chelsey Pauley from Brookeville High School, Conor Bullerman from Stivers School for the Arts, Elspeth Moore from Stivers School for the Arts, and Jaya Parker from Stivers School for the Arts.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, a leader in the fight to combat sexual assault in the military, Senior House Armed Services Member and Co-Chair of the House Military Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Caucus, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), announced his endorsement of the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act of 2021 (MJIIPA). Turner will serve as the original House Republican cosponsor of this bipartisan legislation.

Following President Biden deleting God from his National Prayer Day proclamation, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) criticized the order as offensive:

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH), and Congressman Gerald Connolly (D-VA) introduced the Military and Veteran Caregiver Student Loan Relief Act. Their bipartisan legislation would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make VA-designated primary family caregivers eligible for the public service loan forgiveness (PSLF) program.

DAYTON, O.H.-Today, Congressman Mike Turner toured Gem City Market, a community-owned grocery store in West Dayton that is set to open on May 12^th. During the tour of the 15,800-square-foot grocery and retail operation, Gem City Market Board President Amaha Sellassie highlighted the services the market will provide to the community, including healthy food and yoga classes. He also noted that they have already hired 12 employees, and plan to hire additional staff.

"Last night, President Biden proposed more irresponsible and out-of-control spending despite asking for cuts to the defense budget that could impact Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. As we seek economic recovery from the pandemic, I remain gravely concerned with the Biden administration's dangerously misplaced priorities."

Today Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) released a statement following news that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will release new practice guidelines that scale back the "X-waiver" to allow practitioners to more easily prescribe a proven opioid addiction treatment, buprenorphine.