U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (OH-10) last week highlighted the benefits of federal grants by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) into historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), including Wilberforce, Ohio-based Central State University (CSU). “Today’s announcement is a huge win Read more…
U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI) are among 39 original cosponsors of the bipartisan Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2019, which would reauthorize and increase federal funding around the government’s efforts to protect and restore Read more…
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee is considering a newly proposed bill sponsored on July 30 by U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) to reform the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for America’s small businesses. “Small businesses and the jobs they create Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) on July 25 introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill to reauthorize and increase funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). The GLRI Act of 2019, H.R. 4031/ S. 2295, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) called last week’s markup and passage of a taxpayer relief bill by the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee insufficient and asked members to instead support his long-term tax-credit reauthorization proposal. “Although I am pleased Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) on June 5 sponsored a bipartisan bill to improve protections for victims of sexual assault in the U.S. Armed Forces. “This bill is a strong step forward in continuing to improve the safety of our Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) wants to acknowledge the contributions of America’s addiction professionals in helping to stem the nation’s opioid crisis. “As a representative from one of the states hit hardest by the opioid crisis, I know how critical Read more…
U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) on May 17 introduced the Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act to update the federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC), which encourages private investment in historic building preservation around the United Read more…
U.S. Reps. Mike Turner (R-OH) and Paul Cook (R-CA) last week introduced a bill to limit the number of F-35 jet fighters that the United States could transfer to Turkey if the country goes through with a deal to buy Read more…
A U.S. House Natural Resources subcommittee on April 30 held a legislation hearing on several bills, one being the bipartisan National Aviation Heritage Area (NAHA) Reauthorization Act, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH). Rep. Turner introduced H.R. 1990 in Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) on March 28 sponsored a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to designate March 2, 2020 as Gold Star Families Remembrance Day. House Resolution (H.Res.) 269 would honor Gold Star families, who are the Read more…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on March 28 introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would establish a comprehensive women’s history museum in the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act, S. 959/H.R. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) on March 27 sponsored legislation to extend the health coverage tax credit for certain retirees. “The Delphi Salaried Retirees had their pensions unjustly slashed and now are at risk of losing their health care coverage,” Read more…
Women in America shouldn’t be paid less than men, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said on Wednesday when she unveiled the WAGE Equity Act with 48 original cosponsors, all of them Republicans. “The WAGE Equity Act is a prime example Read more…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) recently signed on as the lead original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill to extend the age limit for opening an ABLE account, also known as a 529 ABLE or 529A account, which is a state-run Read more…
U.S. Reps. Mike Turner (R-OH) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) earlier this week supported passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of a package of bills targeting hostile behavior from Russia. “As a former president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, I Read more…
U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) on Feb. 26 sponsored bipartisan legislation to reform employee health benefits in the United States. The Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee (RAISE) Health Benefits Act, H.R. 1366, would amend the Internal Revenue Code Read more…
U.S. Reps. Steve Stivers (R-OH) and Mike Turner (R-OH) are lead cosponsors of a bipartisan proposal that would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into public or private partnerships with the sole intent of offering legal services to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) called on members of Congress to overrule an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that rescinds a 2019 pay increase for civilian federal employees. “I will continue to fight to retain the federal civilian Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) and his Ohio colleagues in Congress helped secure at least 400 new jobs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Greene County, Ohio, the state’s largest single-site employer. The potential exists for even more jobs to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH), an American military veteran, on Oct. 27 participated in the grand opening of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio. “The opening of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum is the culmination of Read more…
A military construction and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) spending package signed into law on Sept. 21 by the president includes federal funding for projects supported by U.S. Reps. Mike Turner (R-OH) and Martha McSally (R-AZ). The minibus appropriations Read more…
With only a few legislative days remaining to prevent a lapse in authorization, U.S. Reps. John Katko (R-NY) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) led colleagues in urging U.S. House leaders to quickly advance a vote on the bipartisan Violence Against Women Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) voiced “strong opposition” to what he called U.S. President Donald Trump’s “short-sighted” decision to cancel pay increases that civilian federal workers expected next year. “Congress must act to reinstate the increases for our civilian federal Read more…
U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) led a 14-member Ohio congressional delegation in bipartisan support of the state’s recent applications seeking federal funding for statewide youth violence prevention programming. “Every year, there are thousands of acts of youth violence in our Read more…
U.S. Reps. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Mike Turner (R-OH), and Tom Cole (R-OK) commended final U.S. House approval of the conference report resolving differences with the U.S. Senate on the fiscal year (FY) 2019 national defense funding package. The House on Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), who serves more than 30,000 federal employees in his home-state congressional district, won’t stand for a government reduction of their benefits or for those of any other current civil servant or retiree. “We should not Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, has asked subcommittee members to give him feedback on America’s growing rate of military aviation accidents in advance of a future Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) on April 23 introduced bipartisan legislation that would authorize tax deductions toward the cleanup and redevelopment of America’s roughly half-a-million brownfields, which are former industrial or commercial sites that may have environmental contamination. “As mayor Read more…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on April 9 proposed a bipartisan bill to improve the treatment of animals seized under federal animal fighting or gambling statutes and to hold offenders responsible for covering the costs of care for these animals. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) on April 5 unveiled a bipartisan bill stipulating that the Russian government has violated international law by using a nerve agent to poison people last month on British soil and calls for imposing sanctions to Read more…
The Bipartisan Heroin Task Force on Feb. 2 led a call for leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives to support public health efforts in fighting the national opioid crisis with additional funding in fiscal year 2018 budget deliberations and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) has co-introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill addressing inconsistencies in how various federal agencies collect data on sexual violence. Companion legislation has also been unveiled in the U.S. Senate. The Improve Data on Sexual Violence Act Read more…
The beginning of 2018 finds U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) and Mike Turner (R-OH) making headway in the fight against opioid addiction and setting plans for continued legislative work on Read more…
U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci is leading his home state Republican colleagues U.S. Reps. Dave Joyce and Mike Turner from Ohio, along with 18 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives, in a bipartisan quest to put on hold a Read more…
U.S. Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ), the first female U.S. fighter pilot to fly in combat and a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, is rallying lawmakers to fund wing set replacements for 110 A-10 aircraft before the military is forced to Read more…
U.S. Reps. Mike Turner (R-OH) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) have teamed up to support students and their families in financing higher education by pressing for inclusion of two critical provisions in the final tax reform bill. The two provisions would Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) sought information on Monday about how Dayton, Ohio, city officials forfeited nearly $500,000 in federal grants administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME). City officials failed to Read more…
Republican U.S. Reps. Brad Wenstrup, Steve Stivers and Mike Turner of Ohio testified before a congressional panel on Wednesday about the opioid epidemic’s impact in their home state, and legislative proposals to address the issue. Members of Ohio’s delegation testified Read more…
The Trump administration’s plans to restrict unarmed Russian military flights over U.S. territory for intelligence gathering were praised on Tuesday by U.S. Reps. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Mike Turner (R-OH). U.S. officials announced new restrictions to unarmed Russian observation flights Read more…
Republican U.S. Reps. Mike Turner, Brad Wenstrup and Jim Renacci of Ohio supported House approval on Friday of a defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2018 that ramps up spending by 10 percent and emphasizes military readiness. The Department of Read more…
Youth aging out of foster care would have more access to affordable housing without increasing federal spending under legislation reintroduced on Monday by U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH). The Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act would allow minors to apply for Read more…
Funding cuts, a series of continuing resolutions and successive troop deployments have damaged the U.S. military, and will require more money than expected to repair it, U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) said during a committee hearing on Wednesday. Thornberry, the Read more…
U.S. Reps. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Mike Turner (R-OH) raised concerns after the Trump administration announced plans to propose a $603 billion budget for defense. Thornberry, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Turner, the chairman of the Read more…
A recent bipartisan, bicameral letter led by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) highlighted the importance of completing a study on the economic impact a new navigation lock would have at the Sault Ste. Marie Locks complex in Michigan. The U.S. Read more…
U.S. Reps. Charlie Dent (R-PA) and Leonard Lance (R-NJ) cosponsored bipartisan legislation that was introduced on Tuesday to ensure Congress reviews any efforts to lift existing sanctions on Russia. The Russian Sanctions Review Act, H.R. 1059, would require the president Read more…
Flexibility in how existing federal funding can be used to treat opioid addiction would be granted under legislation recently reintroduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH). Turner reintroduced The Reforming and Expanding Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act after a meeting Read more…
U.S. Reps. Charlie Dent (R-PA) and Mike Turner (R-OH) joined a chorus of lawmakers in praising President-elect Donald Trump’s announced selection of retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as secretary of defense. Mattis enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1969 Read more…
A roundtable discussion recently hosted by U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) in Dayton focused on how the federal government can better team up with state and local officials to tackle the area’s opioid and Read more…
Under the leadership of U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report on Wednesday on the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) 2015 data breach. The report, titled “The OPM Data Breach: How the Read more…