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In a Committee Report released by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, the subcommittee expressed concerns about the state of our Foreign Materiel Exploitation Labs. The report, which is tied to FY 2013 funding for construction, comes on the heels of a visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base by Subcommittee Chairman John Culberson (TX-7).

Today, Congressman Mike Turner wrote to House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa to express his "serious concerns" with the refusal of former Auto Task Force members to meet or speak with the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) regarding their involvement in the unjust termination of Delphi retiree pensions.

"Because SIGTARP does not possess testimonial subpoena authority, I am requesting that the Committee on Oversight & Government Reform interview these individuals concerning the role they played in the decision to take the retirement and health benefits of these retirees," wrote Turner.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) offered an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 5326) to increase by $5 million the minimum level of funding that the International Trade Administration (ITA) must devote to crack down on unfair Chinese trade practices. The amendment was adopted by voice vote today and included in the full bill which awaits approval by the full House.

Congressman Mike Turner wrote to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta requesting an update on how the Department is implementing a new prohibition on the naming of Department of Defense (DoD) property after a sitting Member of Congress. Turner included the language in the FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to prevent conflicts of interest between Members and projects funded by taxpayers.

Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, called on Secretary Clinton today to question Chinese leaders on the unveiling of a new road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by North Korea:

"Secretary Clinton is in China this week along with Treasury Secretary Geithner. I expect that the very top of their agenda will be the apparent material support for North Korea's road mobile ballistic missile program provided by state-owned Chinese firms, and their subsidiaries, which I recently described in a letter to Secretary Clinton and DNI Clapper.

Congressman Mike Turner joined fellow Ohioans in supporting the Department of Labor's (DoL) repeal of a recently enacted rule which would've applied new Administrative regulations to family farms. This misguided rule would have completely changed what work children could perform on farms owned by family members. According to the DoL, the rule would prohibit them from working at "country grain elevators, grain bins, silos, feed lots, stockyards, livestock exchanges and livestock auctions."