Mike Turner
The Public Record
Mike Turner is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 10th congressional district since 2003. He has been involved in various committees, focusing primarily on national security and defense issues. Throughout his tenure, Turner has advocated for policies aimed at strengthening the military and enhancing the safety of American citizens. His work has included addressing concerns related to defense spending and military readiness.
The timeline would suggest there are serious lapses in both the communication and judgment and our response time.
We are talking about the most intensely personal issue for the American people, health care.
What in God's name are they talking about and how is that going to help that senior citizen understand her benefits?
Who in their right mind thinks that what we are talking about here today is going to increase access to health care for the American people or decrease the cost?
I don't seem to recall a great and abiding concern each time the U.S. builds an aircraft carrier, only a nuclear weapon.
It may seem counterintuitive, but it is quite possible that further reductions in U.S. nuclear forces could precipitate proliferation rather than prevent it.
Iran recently announced that it plans to build a nuclear navy and it may enrich nuclear fuel to as high as 90%.
I see the possibility in the 1970s of the President of the United States having to face a world in which 15 or 20 or 25 nations may have these weapons.
Since we see that from the first slide that historically people are not dissuaded by our reducing our numbers.
As we go down in our numbers that we will discourage others from going down.
I think everyone agrees that the NPT and the CTBT, nonproliferation and the test ban, that neither one of those documents... require disarmament in the United States.
President Bush gathered his advisers around him and he instructed us as follows: Find the lowest number we need to make America safe, to make America safe today and to make America safe in the future.
Traditionally, a President has directed his military advisers to determine, chiefly, what level of our nuclear force is needed to deter a potential adversary from attacking us or our allies.
I do think the Non-Proliferation Treaty has played an important role in fostering a norm against proliferation.
The U.S. ceased underground nuclear testing in 1992. Yet, France, China, India, Pakistan, and North Korea all tested after that decision.
North Korea continues to build nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles and the six party process is defunct.
The basic bargain is sound: Countries with nuclear weapons will move towards disarmament, countries without nuclear weapons will not acquire them, and all countries can access peaceful nuclear energy.
The reality is that our nuclear deterrent is used every day. And when you say that nuclear weapons won't be used, you can only say that with respect to our heart, the heart of this country, the heart of this country that wants to make…
This is my time. The time that I am speaking is my time. You yielded me some and you kept your own.
To respond to the gentleman, again, our nuclear deterrent is used every day. Every day, it keeps us safe because it ensures that our country----





