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This week, the House of Representatives passed 5 bills cosponsored by Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) aimed at combating the opioid epidemic.
Congressmen Mike Turner (OH-10) and Evan Jenkins (WV-3)'s CRIB Act has been modified in collaboration with the Senate. The Congressmen have re-introduced their CRIB Act in the House matching the revised Senate bill. The bill will help cover the treatment costs of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a withdrawal condition in newborns caused by use of addictive substances by expecting mothers.
Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces released the following statement after the House overwhelmingly passed the National Defense Authorization Act:
Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces spoke on the House floor last night in support of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. Below are his remarks:
Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces brought Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Director LTG Robert P. Ashley, Jr., of the U.S. Army to visit the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) yesterday.
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) wrote today to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar calling for the release of the study on PFAS, a chemical formerly used at military installations such as Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Congressman Mike Turner's (OH-10) amendment to the Farm Bill allowing Central State University to receive equal federal funding passed the House by voice vote. Turner's amendment evens the playing field between all historically black 1890 land-grant institutions. Without Turner's amendment, Central State University was disadvantaged and unable to receive the same level of federal funding as other historically black colleges.
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Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) with Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer and Greene County Commissioners at the Greene County Jail on May 4, 2018.
Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces wrote today to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and the White House calling for an immediate public release of a water contamination study conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces was able to secure $182 million for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19 NDAA). The President's budget request had called for a phase one of a new building at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), located at WPAFB, to be authorized at $116 million. Chairman Turner was able to secure funding for the full project rather than a phase of it, and in doing so added $66 million to the funding WPAFB would receive for the building.