Agriculture
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) and 28 other Members of Congress in New England and Hawaii released a bicameral statement in response to United States Department of Agriculture (UDSA) Secretary Brooke Rollins illegally restricting relief funding to small and mid-sized family farms in New England, Alaska, and Hawaii:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), joined by Congressman John Larson (CT-01), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), and Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) reintroduced the Save Our Small (SOS) Farms Act of 2025.
[HARTFORD, CT] – Today, U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02) and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced $2.8 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to lower costs, expand access to clean energy, and strengthen Connecticut’s small farms and rural small businesses.
“Eastern Connecticut is the most rural part of our state, with a healthy, sizable cross section of producers and farmers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Congressman John Larson (CT-01), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), introduced the Save Our Small (SOS) Farms Act of 2024.
NORWICH, CT – Last week, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) joined U.S. Representative John Joyce M.D. (R-PA) to help introduce bipartisan legislation in support of America’s dairy farmers that would prohibit the mislabeling of non-dairy products.