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Congressman Mike Turner has written to President Barack Obama calling on him to follow through on the promises that he made to the Senate during the ratification of the New START Treaty in 2010. Without the modernization program and the President's promises to fund and implement it, concerns in the Senate about the treaty would have prevented it from being modified.

"For the first time, the U.S. has signed a treaty that required it to undertake unilateral reductions…there is a growing concern, including by your former Secretary of Defense, about the safety, security, reliability, and credibility of the U.S. nuclear deterrent…," writes Turner.

Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) released the following statement upon the change of command at the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). General Donald J. Hoffman, who has honorably served the country for 38 years, will transition out of the role of commander. General Janet Wolfenbarger, a native of Southwest Ohio, will oversee the major command headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Servicemember Family Protection Act (H.R. 4201) by a vote of 390-2. The bill, which protects the child custody rights of our deployed men and women in uniform, was introduced by Congressman Mike Turner. This is the seventh occasion that legislative language addressing this issue has passed the House. The bill is cosponsored by a bipartisan group of 72 House Members.

Congressman Mike Turner commended the news that the National Park System Advisory Board has unanimously approved the nomination of the Central Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers/Dayton Veterans Administration Home, as a National Historic Landmark. This marks that final portion of the formal approval process before it goes to the Secretary of the Interior, who will make the actual designation.

"Since its establishment, the Central Branch has provided healthcare and rehabilitation services for generations of our veterans and played a significant part in shaping the rich history of the Dayton region," said Turner.

Congressman Mike Turner has written to President Barack Obama regarding his concern about what the President meant in what he stated to Russia's former President, Dmitri Medvedev during a recent meeting. Obama had stated that after his "last election" this coming November, he "would have greater flexibility" to make a deal with Russia concerning U.S. missile defenses. The issue was a significant point of contention during recent House debate over the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act.

Congressman Mike Turner was joined by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers in writing to Secretary of Commerce John Bryson to express their concerns regarding recent scope ruling requests with the U.S. Department of Commerce that could undermine the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from China.

"The 108.3 percent antidumping duty on petroleum wax candles from China is critically important to the preservation of the U.S. candle manufacturing industry. If the Department does not maintain and strictly enforce its specific definitions for the excluded candles, we fear that the effectiveness of the antidumping duty order will be negatively impacted," wrote the lawmakers.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, released the following statement upon the passage of the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act:

"This year House Republicans have continued to support our men and women in uniform while ensuring the safety and security of this nation. As the Chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee I have sought to place an emphasis on a number of issues which are confronting our national security structure including: missile defense, modernization of our nuclear enterprise, and reform of bureaucratic entities such as the National Nuclear Security Administration.