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Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, wrote to President Barack Obama criticizing his Administration's failure to articulate a consistent missile defense strategy. The letter comes as Secretary of State John Kerry flew to China and offered to remove our recently added defenses in the Pacific to encourage them to counter the increasingly belligerent tone and actions by North Korea. This is the same failed strategy that the Administration offered to the Russians in exchange for reining in Iran.

Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, today at a hearing held by the House Armed Services Committee questioned leaders of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps on the impact of sequestration on their operations.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH) today joined in introducing the Revitalize America Act, which seeks to help reinvigorate and reinvest in America's older industrial cities by freeing up $1.9 billion in federal aid to help remove blight and repurpose abandoned properties to productive use.

The bill, which has bipartisan support and is sponsored by Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), would give 18 states and the District of Columbia greater flexibility to spend up to 25 percent of previously allocated money under the "Hardest Hit" program to demolish and repurpose vacant units. The legislation, if passed, would free up funding for states to use on removing blight in communities.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) has written to President Barack Obama, urging him to show leadership on averting sequestration – something he promised Americans would "not happen." Turner voted against the Budget Control Act of 2011, because he knew we'd be right where we are today – trillions more in debt and no leadership on solving our government's long-term spending problem.