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Rep. Turner, Sen. Brown, and Sen. Voinovich lead Ohio Delegation in Letter to VA Secretary Shinseki to urge the placement of VA Archives in Dayton

“The region’s long-standing commitment to our nation’s veterans and its history of military innovation makes Dayton the ideal location for Veterans Affairs Health Administration Archives. The consolidation of the VA archives to the Dayton VAMC would have a significant economic impact on the Miami Valley.” [...]

Turner Statement on Modified Missile Shield Deal between Poland and the United States

“I commend the Polish Government for signing the additional protocol to enable Poland to host the Phased Adaptive Approach Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors to protect our deployed troops, defend European allies and augment the protection of the U.S. homeland by 2020. I hope that the Polish parliament will ratify the BMD Agreement with this additional protocol [...]

Congress Should Pass a Budget

For nearly seven months this year, Congress has failed to produce a budget. Each day, red ink continues to flow from Congress, further damaging the American economy. On June 23rd, 2010 the House Majority Leader said the House could not pass a budget until the bipartisan Commission on Deficit Reduction makes its recommendations – at the end of the year, after Election [...]

House Panel Approves Sutton-Turner Bill to Hold Foreign Manufacturers Legally Accountable for Unsafe Products

Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce approved legislation sponsored by Representatives Michael R. Turner (R-Ohio) and Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) that would hold foreign manufacturers legally accountable to American consumers injured by dangerous or defective products and to help hold foreign manufacturers to the same product safety standards that American manufacturers [...]

Turner Legislation Protecting Deployed Troops’ Child Custody Rights Advances in the House Veterans Affairs Committee

U.S. Representative Mike Turner today announced that his legislation to protect military parents in child custody cases, H.R. 4469, was approved by the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. It will next be considered by the full Veterans Affairs’ [...]

Rep. Turner Congratulates Rep. Wilson on Defeating Effort to Shut Ohio Out of Shuttle Contest

Congressman Mike Turner congratulated Congressman Charlie Wilson (OH-6) for his successful effort to delete language that would have directed NASA to give preference to Texas and Florida locations when placing decommissioned space shuttles after the program [...]

Observations from Afghanistan

Only a few days after our country celebrated its 234th birthday this July 4, I had the honor to visit with our men and women in uniform in Afghanistan. I was inspired by the sacrifices our soldiers – and their families – make, day in and day out. I was grateful to have the opportunity to thank them in person and to bring the greetings of a proud nation from half a world [...]

Turner Questions Treasury Secretary’s Commitment to Preventing Foreclosures

No one needs to explain the depth of the mortgage foreclosure crisis to us in Southwestern Ohio, but the statistics are still astounding. In 2010, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac took over a foreclosed home approximately every 90 [...]

Rep. Turner Praises MDA for its Successful Test of the THAAD Weapon System

Congressman Mike Turner, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, praised the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for conducting its seventh consecutive successful test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system [...]

House Panel Approves Sutton-Turner Bill to Hold Foreign Manufacturers Legally Accountable for Unsafe Products

Today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection approved legislation sponsored by Representatives Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) and Rep. Mike Turner that would hold foreign manufacturers legally accountable to American consumers injured by dangerous or defective [...]