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Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) took to the House Floor to highlight the continued lack of transparency when it comes to Delphi salaried retirees pensions. Turner, who is a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has been pressing the Administration for answers since the Auto Bailout was undertaken. The request for additional documents stems from a decision by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) that resulted in approximately 20,000 current and future salaried Delphi retirees from across the country taking a severe cut in their pension benefits.
Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement after meeting with Misha Saakashvili, the President of Georgia:
"I was pleased to meet with Georgia's President, Misha Saakashvili, last night. As a member of the Armed Services Committee, I know the invaluable contribution Georgia has made to NATO's mission in Afghanistan. U.S. and Georgian soldiers fight side-by-side to deny terrorists this safe haven.
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) wrote to Vincent Snowbarger, Deputy Director for Operations at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, inquiring on the status of responses to questions for the record submitted to him over two months ago. Turner submitted the questions at the November 14, 2011 Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on "Delphi Pension Fallout: Federal Government Picked Winners and Losers, So Who Won and Who Lost?" in Dayton, Ohio. The hearing was a key opportunity for Delphi Salaried Retirees to tell the House's chief investigative committee about the Administration's actions and their effects during the bailout process.
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) released the following statement upon Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announcing the Department's FY 2013 budget:
House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman Mike Turner (OH-3) released the following statement regarding elements of our Strategic Forces upon Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announcing the Department's FY 2013 budget:
"When the New START treaty was ratified, it was part of a very clear bargain. The Administration promised that a specific and detailed nuclear weapons modernization plan would be implemented, and Senators consented to a unilateral reduction in U.S. nuclear forces because the remaining U.S. nuclear forces upon treaty implementation would be modernized.
Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) announced that his office saved roughly $165,000 of his 2011 Member Representational Allowance (MRA) and that he will be returning these funds to the U.S. Treasury. Turner's office MRA as designated by the U.S. House of Representatives for 2011 was just over $1.4 million. This means that Turner did not spend all of the funds allotted to his office and has returned 11.6% of his MRA.
Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) submitted the following statement for the Congressional Record honoring Col. Charles Young, a Buffalo Solider. The statement comes on the same day Turner joined the House in approving H.R. 1022, the Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act. The legislation directs the Secretary of the Interior to study alternatives for the commemoration and interpretation of the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks. African-American troops, in the late 19th century and early 20th century, came to be known as the Buffalo Soldiers.
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) released the following statement upon learning the results of the Department of Veterans Affairs' and National Cemetery Administration's investigation of the Dayton National Cemetery:
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) released the following statement after the President delivered his annual State of the Union address to Congress: