Defense & National Security
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, has filed an amendment to the FY 2027 National Defense Authorization Act to prohibit the Qatari-gifted Boeing 747-8i, now the VC-25B Bridge aircraft, from being transferred to any individual or entity outside of the Department of the Air Force. The VC-25B Bridge plane is expected to enter service as Air Force One next month.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on President Trump’s $67.1 billion defense funding supplemental request to Congress, which is in addition to the President’s $1.5 trillion annual defense budget request. The majority of this defense funding request covers costs of the President’s war of choice with Iran.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on the Memorandum of Understanding for a ceasefire agreed to by the U.S. and Iran.
WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, voted to advance the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act out of the House Armed Services Committee.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement after voting to pass the Ukraine Support Act, a bill which would provide additional reconstruction and military financing authorization for Ukraine and impose economic sanctions on Russia for its egregious war of aggression on Ukraine and brazen attacks on NATO nations. The bill passed the House by a vote of 226-195.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, during the House Armed Services Committee markup of the FY 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, spoke in support of an amendment to the FY27 NDAA which would strike all funding ($1 billion) for the battleship program.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Full Committee Markup of the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act.
FULL REMARKS AS DELIVERED
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement after voting to pass the bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution (H. Con. Res. 86), which passed the House by a vote of 215-208.
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee and a senior Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, led bipartisan introduction of the Job Corps and Skilled Defense Workforce Act. The bill is co-sponsored by 14 House Members.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee hearing, Ranking Member Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) questioned the timeline of the Navy’s proposed battleship program.