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Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) has joined House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp in calling for unspent Congressional office funds to be returned to the Treasury Department and allocated towards debt reduction. If action is not taken, these funds could instead be "reprogrammed" for other budget purposes. In a letter, Turner and Camp requested that the language of H.R. 297 be included in the FY 2013 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill. H.R. 297 would require that any unspent funds in Members' Representational Allowances (MRA) be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the federal debt. Turner is a co-sponsor of H.R. 297.
Time for Action on our Nation's Energy Future
By Congressman Mike Turner
Everyone who has filled up their gas tank has seen that fuel prices have nearly doubled and are continuing to rise. In the Dayton area, gasoline prices spiked nearly 20 cents per gallon overnight. These rising gas prices are threatening the already struggling economic recovery and making it harder to create jobs. Our country's economic interests must be put ahead of election year politics.
"Some short-sightedly want to cut funding for both projects. U.S. Rep. Ed Markey, senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has introduced legislation that would slash the nuclear weapons program by $100 billion over 10 years. His bill would kill the UPF.
"Fortunately, U.S. Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, is a tireless advocate for sustaining the nuclear weapons production infrastructure. Turner has released photographs of aged parts of Building 9212 and invited Markey to tour the antiquated facility."
Editorial: Obama's budget proposal positive for Oak Ridge
By NEWS SENTINEL EDITORIAL BOARD
Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement upon the news that an investigation has been opened at the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) to look into allegations of improper conduct by an employee in the anesthesia unit:
"If true, these allegations are troubling to say the least. Since the Dental scandal this past year I have been concerned about the management and standards at the Dayton VAMC. Our Veterans deserve the safe and reliable healthcare they were promised when they entered military service. The new Director, Glen Costie, has indicated that he will take this matter seriously and provide a full accounting to our community."
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"The potential cuts would be from a current treaty limit of 1,550 deployed strategic warheads. A level of 300 deployed strategic nuclear weapons would take the U.S. back to levels not seen since 1950 when the nation was ramping up production in an arms race with the Soviet Union….
"Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's strategic forces subcommittee, unsuccessfully pressed Miller for key details about his policy review. As recently as last month Turner said in an interview that he feared the administration was bent on cutting the force….
Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces released the following statement upon the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling that that LightSquared will inevitably interfere with other devices, including GPS products:
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) wrote to Congressman Ed Markey (MA-7) and invited him to tour Building 9212 at Y-12 and the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research (CMR) facility at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico. Turner, who is Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, has oversight of our nuclear deterrent facilities and our research labs. It is unclear if Markey, who has called for sharp cuts in funding for our national security, has been to these facilities.
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) released the following statement upon President Barack Obama announcing his FY 2013 budget proposal:
Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces announced his intention to introduce an updated version of the New START Implementation Act following the release of the President's budget next week:
"President Obama made a lot of promises to convince the Senate that it was safe to ratify the New START treaty. Without specific and detailed promises to modernize the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, delivery vehicles, and infrastructure, there is no doubt that the New START treaty would not have been approved.