Defense & National Security
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement after President Trump’s remarks on the U.S. capture of Venezuela President Maduro.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement after President Trump announced the new “Trump Class” battleship.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement after General Dynamic Electric Boat delivered the future USS IDAHO (SSN 799), the 26th Virginia-class submarine, to the U.S. Navy on December 15th, 2025.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney, Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, voted to pass the final FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This marks the 65th consecutive year the House has passed the annual defense bill.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement after he and his colleagues on the Armed Services Committee sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth demanding the release of all footage of the follow-on strikes in the Caribbean on September 2nd, 2025.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the Congressional Friends of Australia Caucus, released the following statement on the Pentagon’s now completed AUKUS review after Members of the House Armed Services Committee had the opportunity to read the review.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on the delivery of the USS District of Columbia’s bow to Electric Boat’s South Yard assembly building in Groton, CT, where final assembly of the boat will occur. The USS District of Columbia (SSBN 826) is the lead boat in the new Columbia-class fleet of ballistic missile submarines. Columbia-class submarines will weigh 21,000 tons – 2½ times the size of Virginia-class submarines.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, partnered with Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, today to raise serious national-security concerns regarding Pr
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on Electric Boat’s new acquisition of the former Sears store at Waterford’s Crystal Mall, which the shipbuilder announced today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after voting “no” on a government funding deal which paves the way for health care costs to increases for an estimated 142,000 Connecticut residents and excludes critical funding for the Columbia-class submarine program.