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Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) announced that the House Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services, and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs will hold a hearing entitled - The Administration's Auto Bailouts and the Delphi Pension Decisions: Who Picked the Winners and Losers? The hearing will be held on Tuesday, July 10^th at 10:00am in 2247 of the RayburnHouse Office Building. The hearing follows a May 14^th letter sent by Turner requesting a hearing with testimony from those who allegedly made the decisions within the Pension Be

Today, Congressman Mike Turner gave remarks at the International Assessment and Strategy Center's luncheon on Capitol Hill. Turner, who is Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, focused on the need to counter efforts by the People's Republic of China's efforts to expand their nuclear stockpile and their continued construction of thousands of miles of underground tunnels dubbed the "Underground Great Wall."

Note: The full text of Congressman Turner's remarks can be found here.

Today, Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement upon the U.S. House of Representatives approving a report holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his failure to produce documents specified in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's October 12, 2011 subpoena. Turner is a senior member of the committee which has broad oversight and investigational responsibility.

Following today's Supreme Court ruling that the President's healthcare mandates are taxes on the American public, Congressman Mike Turner has introduced the Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act (H.R. 6048). Turner's bill repeals the taxes on individuals and employers mandated by the President's healthcare law. Both the employer and individual mandates are to take effect in 2014 under the law. The bill has the support of 119 original cosponsors.

Today, Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement upon the U.S. Supreme Court handing down their decision on the President's healthcare reform bill – the Affordable Care Act:

"Today the Court ruled that the individual mandate is a tax. This tax will have tremendous consequences on individuals, working families, businesses, and local governments. At a time when the economy is still struggling to recover, we should be focused on reducing taxes on hardworking Americans. There are many things which are considered legal or constitutional, but are not good ideas. Obamacare is one of them.

Congressman Mike Turner announced that the Department of Defense has officially implemented a new prohibition on the naming of Department of Defense (DoD) property after a sitting Member of Congress. Turner included the language in the FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to prevent conflicts of interest between Members and projects funded by taxpayers. Turner had written to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta requesting an update on how the Department is implementing in April of this year.