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Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, introduced the Securing Our Nuclear Weapons and Facilities Act, legislation that would transfer responsibility for providing security at certain National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) nuclear weapons facilities to the Department of Defense (DOD). Under the bill, the military would provide security for nuclear weapons and special nuclear material at NNSA's sites in the same manner as it does for nuclear weapons in military custody. In addition, responsibility for securing transportation of nuclear weapons would also shift to DOD.

Congressman Mike Turner introduced H.Res. 799 expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is not a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment for a state to extend particular consideration to members of the uniformed services and overseas citizens to ensure that they are able to exercise their rights to vote in elections for public office. Turner's effort to highlight this important issue comes as a number of organizations and campaigns in Ohio are working to limit the voting rights of Servicemembers deployed overseas.

Congressman Mike Turner responded to the White House's report detailing what would be cut if sequestration goes into effect. Turner, who voted against the Budget Control Act which set up these cuts, has been sounding the alarm on how it will impact both jobs and our nation's defense.

"What this report details is what we have all feared and have been hearing for months – these cuts are real and would be absolutely devastating to both jobs and our national security. Facilities like Wright-Patt, the Lima Tank Plant, and many more across Ohio will be indiscriminately slashed by nearly 10 percent. It is time for the President to lead and come to the table and negotiate with Congress," said Turner.

Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement today on the attacks on American Foreign Officers in Libya, which resulted in the death of our Ambassador and three other personnel:

"Today's attack on our fellow Americans selflessly serving their nation is a stark reminder that there are forces at work around the world who seek to stifle liberty and spread extremism. My thoughts and prayers are with the family of Ambassador Stevens and those of his colleagues who were cowardly attacked. In this difficult time we must remain vigilant and stand firm in our resolve to continue fighting for freedom."

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Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, released the following statement today on the National Research Council's report regarding the nation's missile defense system:

"Today's report by the National Research Council highlights that we as a nation have much work to do in countering the threat of long-range missiles to the homeland. As we have seen in report after report, the President's European phased adaptive approach was ill-conceived and prematurely rolled out by a President more focused on Russia's concerns than defense of the United States.

Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, cited the President for failing to lead on the sequestration crisis he created. The President will miss a key deadline of the Sequestration Transparency Act (H.R. 5872), a bill he signed into law. The legislation allowed the President 30 days to outline how he would implement the defense cuts that he insisted upon in the Budget Control Act passed last year. Despite the devastating impacts, the Administration has repeatedly ignored requests from Congress on how these cuts would be enacted on January 2, 2013.