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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Joe Courtney (CT-02) voted for final passage of the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 2102). The bill passed the House by a vote of 392-18 and now heads to the Senate. The Major Richard Star Act would fix an injustice in the law that currently diminishes earned retirement benefits for veteran retirees who also collect service-connected disability benefits.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, and Adam Smith (WA-09), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to the Department of the Navy expressing their deep frustration over the Navy’s failure to notify Congress of the relief of the USS South Dakota (SSN 790) Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Chief of the Boat in October 2026.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, on Veterans Day, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) voted to advance the Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 2102) to a final vote on the House floor, which is now expected to take place tomorrow.
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About Joe
Congressman Joe Courtney was elected in 2006 to represent the Second Congressional District of Connecticut in the House of Representatives. He serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Congressman Courtney is the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces. From 2018-2022, Courtney served as Chairman of the Subcommittee. According to a review by House Historians Office, Courtney was the first known member from Connecticut to lead a naval oversight panel in the House of Representatives since 1873, when Stephen W. Kellogg of Waterbury served as Chair of the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department in the 42nd Congress (1871-1873).