2010 February | Congressman Mike Turner

Protecting Child Custody Rights for Service Members Should be a Priority

The stories are too frequent: a service member, many times a single mom, is called to serve her country and is given a short time to wind down her personal business and deploy. She makes temporary custody arrangements for her children usually with her former spouse, sometimes in the form of a non-binding [...]

Turner Secures Lauterbach Attorneys Congressional Hearing Appearance

Mike Turner today heard testimony from Dayton area attorney Merle Wilberding on the progress of the Department of Defense in responding to sexual assault allegations within the Armed [...]

Turner Delivers $300,000 for Job Training Assistance Programs to Support Wright-Patterson AFB

U.S. Representative Mike Turner today held a news conference to announce $300,000 in federal funding he helped secure for the Dayton Area Defense Contractors Association (DaytonDefense) to establish the Wright Center for Workforce [...]

Secretary Gates Agrees to Meeting with Rep. Turner to Discuss his Child Custody Rights Bill for Military Parents

U.S. Representative Michael R. Turner received a verbal commitment from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to meet and discuss legislation he has introduced to protect the child custody rights of military [...]

President Shifts Focus to Jobs in State of the Union

Last week, the president appeared before Congress and the nation to deliver his first State of the Union address. During his speech, he presented his legislative agenda and national priorities to the American people. The president was correct in making job creation the central focus of his speech. Unfortunately, the president’s strategy for creating jobs and growing our economy by expanding government spending and continuing to flaunt the federal stimulus is the wrong [...]

Turner’s Statement on the President’s Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request for Defense Related Agencies

U.S. Representative Mike Turner, the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, today issued the following statement on the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget request for the Department of Defense and Missile Defense related [...]

Turner Meets with NASA Administrator; Writes Letter in Support of Retired Space Shuttle Orbiter at Air Force Museum

Congressman Michael Turner has sent a letter to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Charles F. Bolden reiterating his support of the space agency assigning a retired space shuttle orbiter for public display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, [...]