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Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, released the following statement as President Barack Obama offered a proposal on averting the sequestration cuts to our nation's military:
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with the entire Ohio Congressional delegation, sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh expressing their "strong support for the Ohio National Guard's 121st Air Refueling Wing based at Rickenbacker Air Guard Station (AGS)" to be selected as the primary site for the new KC-46A refueling aircraft.
As your Representative, I began working on the issue of sexual assault in the military in 2007 when we learned of the tragic story of Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach (USMC). Maria was a young woman from southwest Ohio who was serving her country honorably when she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a senior enlisted servicemember. Eight months later, she and her unborn child were murdered by that accused servicemember.
Maria's mother Mary Lauterbach, and Dayton attorney Merle Wilberding have been integral in helping me find legislative solutions to the many problems Maria faced in the military justice system.
Congressman Mike Turner, Co-Chair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, questioned Air Force leaders Gen. Mark A Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Gen. Edward A. Rice, Jr., Commander of the Air Education and Training Command, at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the sexual misconduct by basic training instructors at Lackland Air Force Base. Prior to today's hearing, Turner had received briefings from Gen. Rice on the allegations and investigation at the Texas base.
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (MA-3), Co-Chairs of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta commending the United States Air Force for implementing programs aimed at combating sexual assault in the military, in particular their new Special Victims' Counsel Pilot Program.
Lieutenant General Richard Harding, Air Force Judge Advocate General, recently briefed the lawmakers on the Special Victims' Counsel Pilot Program, which provides military sexual assault survivors with a dedicated attorney to walk them through the often cumbersome and confusing investigative and prosecutorial process.
Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces issued the following statement upon President Obama's nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense:
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By Barrie Barber
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Co-Chair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, received word from Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley that the Air Force will implement language offered by Turner in the FY12 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1540) requiring the Department of Defense (DoD) to guarantee that victims of sexual assault have access to a military or civilian lawyer. Turner was joined by his fellow Co-Chair, Niki Tsongas, in an August 10th letter expressing concern about the Air Force's failure to implement this provision.
Congressman Mike Turner released the following photograph and statement after he was sworn in by fellow Ohioan, Speaker John Boehner (OH-8). Turner was sworn in for his sixth term in office and as the Representative for the new 10th Congressional District of Ohio. The district includes all of Montgomery, Greene, and part of Fayette counties.