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Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced a decision to delay the implementation of the employer health care mandate until 2015:

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the US Delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Parliamentary Assembly, has introduced a bipartisan resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is in our national interest to support and enhance Europe's energy security through opening of the Southern Gas Corridor.

Congressman Mike Turner, Co-Chair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, spoke on the House Floor today in support of bipartisan legislation (H.R. 1864), authored by Rep. Jackie Walorski (IN-2), which provides whistleblower protections for victims of military sexual assault. The legislation also strengthens existing protection laws to clarify that victims of sexual crimes are protected from punishment for reporting sexual assault. Turner is a co-sponsor of the legislation and voted in favor of the House passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which included H.R. 1864 as a provision.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, slammed President Barack Obama's call in Berlin, Germany today for a unilateral reduction to the U.S. nuclear deterrent:

"President Obama has taken to a foreign country to announce another round of unilateral disarmament, only to appease a foreign audience. The President seems only concerned with winning the approval of nations like Russia, who will applaud a weakened United States. Why else would he abandon his missile defense strategy and oppose the creation of an East Coast site?

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, congratulated Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning after meeting with him yesterday. Fanning is a graduate of Centerville High School in Centerville, OH, which is located in Turner's Congressional District:

Congressman Mike Turner has submitted the following statement for the Congressional Record honoring the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers regiment and the leadership of Colonel Charles Young. Col. Young was a highly respected member of the U.S. military and a resident of Southwest Ohio. Turner's statement comes in support of the House approving H.R. 520, the Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act yesterday.