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DAYTON, OHIO – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, Jeff Hoagland, President and CEO of the Dayton Development Coalition, and Susan Edwards, President of Wright State University, held a press conference at Wright State University's Student Union to talk about the importance of the eighth annual Ohio Defense and Aerospace Forum.
Congressman Turner worked with the Dayton Development Coalition to establish the Defense Forum in 2016 and has participated in the event every year since. This year's event was the first to be held in Dayton.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, cosponsored the bipartisan Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act, which would direct the President of the United States to impose sanctions on foreign individuals who knowingly transport, process, refine, or otherwise deal in Iranian petroleum products. The SHIP Act was introduced by Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Congressman Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) and has been cosponsored by 214 members of the House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown announced that the Department of Defense has selected Ohio to host a defense innovation hub, the Ohio Mission Acceleration Center. The Department of Defense will establish the hub in the Miami Valley to accelerate the development and adoption of new technology solutions to meet national security challenges, and support Ohio small businesses that are on the leading edge of new technology, but face barriers to working with the Defense Department.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), head of the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, issued the following statement with fellow delegation members Reps. Gerald Connolly (VA-11), Linda Sanchez (CA-38), Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Rick Larsen (WA-02), Neal Dunn (FL-02), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Rich McCormick (GA-06).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced the It's About Time Act, bipartisan legislation that changes the federal government's annual funding schedule to align with the calendar year. Currently, the federal government starts its fiscal year every October 1st. This legislation transitions the funding schedule to reflect the classic calendar year, thus moving the start of the government's fiscal year to January 1.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, announced the award of $24.3 million in federal funds authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 for the establishment of the Midwest Microelectronics Consortium regional innovation hub in Ohio.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Mike Turner (OH-10), Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced a bipartisan joint resolution to strengthen congressional authority concerning the United States' membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Alliance.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), along with Congressman Greg Landsman (OH-01), introduced bipartisan legislation that would expand the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) introduced the companion legislation in the Senate. This legislation seeks to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to adjust the boundary of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. The proposed expansion includes approximately one acre of land.
CLARK COUNTY, OHIO – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) announced that the 4-H section of the Library of Congress's Join In: Voluntary Associations in America exhibition has been corrected to reflect Clark County, Ohio's contributions to founding the network of youth agricultural programs. While on a tour of the Library of Congress, a staff member from Congressman Turner's office noticed that the Library's 4-H exhibit attributed the founding of 4-H to Clarke County, Iowa. Subsequently, Congressman Turner brought the mistake to the attention of Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, who directed the Library to correct the misattribution.
MIAMISBURG, OHIO – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) announced that over $3 million in federal funds have been awarded to local firefighters in the Southwest Ohio area. The Miami Valley Fire District, which is in Turner's district, was allocated funds under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Fiscal Year 2022 Staffing For Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Program. Recipients are eligible to direct these funds toward increasing staffing and deployment capabilities to respond to emergencies.