Congressman Mike Turner

A TimesGazette video report on my recent visit to Greenfield and Hillsboro in Highland County.

miketurnerblog — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:33:35 +0000

A TimesGazette video report on my recent visit to Greenfield and Hillsboro in Highland [...]

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base economic impact tops $5B Read more: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base economic impact tops $5B – Dayton Business Journal

miketurnerblog — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:31:03 +0000

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base economic impact tops $5B Read more: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base economic impact tops $5B - Dayton Business Journal [...]

Congressman Mike Turner stops in for coffee with Vandalia-Butler Chamber

miketurnerblog — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:28:11 +0000

Congressman Mike Turner stops in for coffee with Vandalia-Butler [...]

Delphi retirees get support; Turner, others seek pension investigation

miketurnerblog — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:25:45 +0000

Delphi retirees get support; Turner, others seek pension [...]

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

miketurnerblog — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:15:35 +0000

“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

miketurnerblog — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:34:33 +0000

"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

miketurnerblog — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:32:10 +0000

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

miketurnerblog — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:28:40 +0000

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

miketurnerblog — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:42:33 +0000

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’ [...]

Turner visits Afghanistan to assess military issues

miketurnerblog — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:36:00 +0000

A recent trip to Afghanistan by Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH) elucidated some of the region’s deeply entrenched problems and the challenges faced by coalition force there.

Turner stated that, as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, he wanted to get a firmer grip on the military and political issues that currently beset Afghanistan.

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