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Congressman Turner, Chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after the United States Air Force announced F-35A has reached Initial Operational Capability.

On June 18^th, Congressman Turner, Chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee held a field hearing entitled Air Dominance and the Critical Role of Fifth Generation Fighters.

Today, Congressman Turner continued to address capability, capacity and overall readiness concerns regarding U.S. Air Force Air Dominance, specifically on current and projected shortfalls. General Herbert J. "Hawk" Carlisle, Commander, US Air Force Air Combat Command joined today's hearing as a witness.

Congressman Turner, Co-chair of the Historic Preservation Caucus, released the following statement after the House Natural Resource Committee's passed his bill, H.R. 2817, the National Historic Preservation Amendments Act:

"Today's vote to advance the National Historic Preservation Amendments Act is an important step in reauthorizing this incredibly valuable preservation tool that has served Dayton, Ohio and states and communities across the country for nearly forty years.

Congressman Turner, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly President, addressed 28 heads of state in Warsaw, Poland at the NATO Summit this morning in a closed session. Below are Congressman Turner's remarks as prepared:

NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government

Warsaw, Poland, 8 July 2016

Address by

Hon. Michael R. Turner (United States)

Congressman Turner, Chairman of theHouse Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, released the following statement after Speaker Ryan appointed 44 House Republican lawmakers to serve on a bipartisan conference committee charged with producing a final National Defense Authorization Act.

Congressman Turner released the following statement after the President announced he would leave 8,400 troops in Afghanistan.

This announcement comes after the President stated he would reverse his pledge to bring back almost all service members before he left office in January 2017.

Allied leaders must acknowledge the global and comprehensive challenge posed by Russia, and revisit arrangements for NATO's collective defense and deterrence, NATO PA President Hon. Michael R. Turner argues in a report released today.

The report, entitled "Deterring to Defend: Delivering on NATO's Promise", details the many facets and dimensions of Russia's global strategy – including its illegal occupation of parts of Georgia and Ukraine, nuclear threats against NATO Allies, its intensive propaganda and subversion campaign, and massive investments in military modernization, among others.

Congressman Turner released the following statement after FBI Director James Comey announced that the FBI has concluded its investigation of Hillary Clinton's mishandling of classified emails:

"I believe it is in the best interest of the country that the independent counsel statute is reauthorized to review the findings of the FBI's investigation into Secretary Clinton's mishandling of classified information, and to make an independent and impartial decision about whether to prosecute the former Secretary for potential criminal activity.