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Today Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, under questioning by House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Ranking Member Mike Turner (OH-10), testified to the House Armed Services Committee that he had "not received a briefing that included the word 'bounty,'" and that if there was "a credible, corroborated report that used those words, certainly it would have been brought to [his] attention by the chain of command...for action."

Ranking Member Mike Turner (OH-10) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces secured $58.5 million in military construction project funding for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. This follows Turner's major win of a $182 million expansion project at Wright-Patt's National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), the largest expansion project in the history of the Base. The funding is included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which passed the House Armed Services Committee last night and is headed to the House floor later this month.

Today, Representatives Mike Turner (R-OH-10) and Susan Davis (D-CA-53) introduced the Military Justice Oversight and Refinement Act of 2020, a bipartisan bill which aims to improve the military justice system.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials admitted Thursday on a House Armed Services Committee conference call that, despite conditions placed on Ligado in the FCC Order to mitigate the concerns of harmful interference to GPS receivers, 13 federal agencies and departments remain opposed the FCC's Ligado decision. In addition, FCC officials indicated no one at the FCC received any classified briefings from these agencies on the harm that could be done if Ligado's application was approved.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) released the following statement after the White House announced that it plans to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty:

Today, the Department of the Air Force announced its request for nominations for locations to host the United States Space Command. The U.S. Space Command will have approximately 1400 military and civilian personnel working in the headquarters once established. The Dayton area will compete to have the headquarters placed in our community.

Today Rep. Mike Turner (OH-10) and Rep. Tim Ryan (OH-13) led a bipartisan letter to the President urging him to restore the pension plans of Delphi Salaried Retirees before any further coronavirus relief for the auto industry is distributed. More specifically, Turner urged the President and the Administration to direct that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) settle pending litigation over the Delphi Salary plans and request that the PBCG restore lost pensions.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) will introduce this week the Employer and Employee COVID Protection Act to eliminate barriers to reopening businesses, get Americans back to work, and empower employees to decide for themselves if they feel safe in their workplace. This legislation will provide all complying businesses with immunity from civil lawsuits if one of their employees contracts coronavirus after states permit businesses to reopen.