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March 15, 2011
Congress and the President have hard choices ahead, but ones which will allow us to start to pay off our debts, reduce the deficit, and jumpstart our economy. The process of applying short term Band Aids to our budget is not fair to the American people.
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For the past two years, our Government has been running on short term budgets -- or in Washington language, "continuing resolutions." These agreements passed by the House and Senate, then signed into law by the President, serve as place holders to keep the government running.March 14, 2011
Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, released the following opening statement in conjunction with the subcommittee's hearing on the Administration's Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for national security space activities;
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Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, released the following opening statement in conjunction with the subcommittee's hearing on the Administration's Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for national security space activities:March 11, 2011
Last night, Congressman Mike Turner received word that the Department of Veterans Affairs has refused to make former Dayton VA Medical Center Guy Richardson available to meet with Turner and the Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Jeff Miller, as had been planned for Monday, March 14th.
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Last night, Congressman Mike Turner received word that the Department of Veterans Affairs has refused to make former Dayton VA Medical Center Guy Richardson available to meet with Turner and the Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Jeff Miller, as had been planned for Monday, MMarch 10, 2011
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. embassy and consulates in Japan are working to obtain information on the status of U.S. citizens and to provide emergency assistance to U.S. citizens.
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An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, shaking office buildings in Tokyo and setting off a devastating tsunami that swept away cars and boats. Tokyo airports (Narita and Haneda) are currently closed and possibly damaged. Trains and subways are down in the Tokyo metropolitan region, and train service may be sporadic throughout the rest of the country.March 10, 2011
Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement upon the Department of Veterans Affairs missing the Friday, March 11 deadline to turnover copies of the investigation reports surrounding the events at the Dayton VA Medical Center Dental Clinic:
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Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement upon the Department of Veterans Affairs missing the Friday, March 11 deadline to turnover copies of the investigation reports surrounding the events at the Dayton VA Medical Center Dental Clinic:
March 10, 2011
Promoting Director Richardson during this investigation is wrong and just another outrage in a series on the part of the VA.
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Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement upon the news that Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) Director Guy Richardson has been promoted to the Veterans Integrated Service Network which oversees the Dayton VAMC:
March 9, 2011
Congressman Mike Turner hailed the announcement of an $110,500 grant to the St. Mary Development Corporation of Dayton, Ohio to support the corporation's efforts to revitalize the community and create affordable housing in Southwest Ohio.
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Congressman Mike Turner hailed the announcement of an $110,500 grant to the St. Mary Development Corporation of Dayton, Ohio to support the corporation's efforts to revitalize the community and create affordable housing in Southwest Ohio. The grant comes from NeighborWorks America.March 8, 2011
The fact that any medical practitioner could be so irresponsible is outrageous, let alone at a facility which is charged with caring for those who have protected us from tyranny.
March 8, 2011
Congressman Mike Turner penned a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, following up on an invitation to visit the Dayton VA Facility extended by Turner's staff. "Yesterday my Chief of Staff invited you to come to Dayton and you indicated a willingness to consider the invitation. Visiting the Dayton VA Medical Center Dental Clinic will go a long way to reassure the community that the VA is committed to providing the highest quality of care and will do everything within its power to resolve this issue," Turner wrote Shinseki.