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Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces and Ranking Member Seth Moulton (MA-6) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations sent a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis expressing concern about the Department of Defense's (DoD) practice of reporting prescriptions, particularly regarding opioids. The Congressmen urged Secretary Mattis "to take proactive steps to report TRICARE beneficiaries' controlled substance prescriptions to state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) as soon as possible."

Congressmen Mike Turner (OH-10) and Rodney Davis (IL-13) sent a letter with 24 of their colleagues to Chairman Kevin Brady (TX-8) of the House Committee on Ways and Means and Chairman Orrin Hatch (UT) of the Senate Committee on Finance to include two provisions in the final tax reform bill to help students pursuing a higher education. Congressmen Turner and Davis previously had a colloquy with Chairman Brady on the House floor about this issue.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) sent the following letter to National Aviation Hall of Fame Chairman Bill Harris informing him that language has been included in the conference report of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2018, passed by the House this week and set to be passed by the Senate and signed by the President, amending the organization's congressional charter to keep it from relocating outside of Ohio:

Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces spoke today on the House floor in favor of the conference report on the defense spending bill for fiscal year 2018. Chairman Turner, one of the conferees, delivered the following remarks:

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) spoke today on the House floor to congratulate Dayton VA Medical Center Director Glenn Costie on his retirement. Congressman Turner delivered the following remarks:

Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces and co-chair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus released the following statement regarding the Air Force's failure to report the assault committed by the eventual shooter in the Texas church massacre:

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) wrote today to the President of Fuyao Glass America expressing his deep concern regarding the recent filing by the United Auto Workers seeking to unionize the workforce at the Moraine plant.

Congressman Turner wrote:

"I write to you today regarding the recent filing by the United Auto Workers (UAW) with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking to unionize the workforce at your Moraine facility, the former General Motors (GM) Moraine assembly plant.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) released the following statement after President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency:

"It is important that the Administration today declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency. This year in Montgomery County alone, 800 deaths are expected of drug overdoses. This is unacceptable. If 800 deaths were expected of Zika, you'd see public outrage, but because this is an addiction issue it hasn't gotten the attention it's been due. I am committed to continue working with my colleagues to find solutions to increase prevention and treatment for this emergency."