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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), head of the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, issued the following statement upon Hungary's approval of the Kingdom of Sweden's membership to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO):

DAYTON, OHIO - Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), along with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), held a press conference at his district office in Dayton to highlight their efforts to restore pension payments that the Delphi salaried retirees should have received after they were wrongfully terminated in 2009 via the General Motors government bailout by the Auto Task Force.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) released the following statement on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny:

"Alexei Navalny had the courage to stand up to Vladimir Putin. He was wrongfully imprisoned and died in captivity. My deepest condolences go out to Navalny's family."

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DAYTON, OHIO – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) announced that $2,900,000 in federal funds has been awarded to the James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY) to upgrade its passenger boarding bridges in Concourse B. Dayton International Airport, which is in Turner's district, was allocated funds under the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Fiscal Year 2024 Airport Terminals grant program.

DAYTON, OHIO – Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), along with U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Congressman Warren Davidson (OH-08), called on the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee to continue hosting the "First Four" games of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament at the University of Dayton and to expand to the first and second rounds in 2027 and 2028. The lawmakers expressed their strong support of the university's application to bring the excitement of the first and second rounds back to the University of Dayton Arena (UD Arena).

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO - Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) released the following statement on the passing of Warren Copeland, former Mayor of Springfield:

"I am saddened to learn of the passing of Mayor Warren Copeland, who was a dedicated public servant to the City of Springfield.

"Mayor Copeland was a pillar of our community, demonstrating true leadership and an unwavering faith throughout his nearly 30 years as Mayor of Springfield.

"He always looked for ways to serve the people of Springfield, as was evident in the passion he showed for teaching when he was a professor at Wittenberg University.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) cosponsored the bipartisan Death Tax Repeal Act, legislation that would permanently repeal the estate tax and generation-skipping transfer taxes. The Death Tax Repeal Act was introduced by Congressman Randy Feenstra (IA-04) and has been cosponsored by 162 members of the House of Representatives.

WILBERFORCE, OHIO – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) announced that Central State University (CSU) will be receiving over $11.2 million from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Employee Retention Credit (ERC) funds. As a result of Congressman Turner's advocacy with the IRS, CSU will receive three installments of ERC refund checks from the IRS – $3,347,610.90 for the first quarter of 2021, $3,954,128.73 for the second quarter of 2021, and $3,966,382.39 for the third quarter of 2021. CSU is one of two historically black colleges and universities located in the State of Ohio, along with Wilberforce University.