Eastern Connecticut
Rep. Courtney has submitted the following funding requests for important projects in Connecticut's Second District to the House Appropriations Committee.
WASHINGTON, DC—Last night, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the FY 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2471) a bipartisan omnibus package that would keep America open for business through the duration of the fiscal year. The FY 2022 Omnibus includes critical new support for Ukraine, a historic amount of U.S. Navy shipbuilding and submarine construction, new support for the U.S. Coast Guard Museum, and increased funding for eastern Connecticut priorities like special education, workforce development, conservation, and more.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) shared letters written to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) by the Town of Waterford, the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments (SSCOG), and the Decommissioning Plant Coalition in support of DOE's rejuvenated effort to establish a consent-based process for long-term spent nuclear fuel storage. The letters come following meetings Rep.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced that Gales Ferry Fire Chief Anthony "Tony" Saccone will be his guest of honor for President Joe Biden's virtual State of the Union address on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Chief Saccone has served the Ledyard community as Chief of the Gales Ferry Firehouse for more than ten years, and was instrumental in the recent victory for fire police officers and their families across the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – This morning, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced that the Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act (S. 2959/H.R. 6126), a bipartisan, bicameral bill he co-authored, has officially been signed into law by President Biden. The bill will now provide support in the upcoming 2022-2023 schoolyear to K-12 public schools that serve large numbers of military families, and that rely on federal Impact Aid to help fill out their resources—including schools in Ledyard and Groton.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass S. 2959/H.R. 6126, the Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill co-authored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) to support local schools serving large numbers of military families and that rely on federal Impact Aid to help fill out their resources. The Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act builds upon Rep.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement regarding the passing of Edith Prague, who served as a state senator from 1994 to 2012, and as Connecticut's first Commissioner of the Department on Aging from 2013 until her retirement in 2014.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, legislation introduced by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) to extend public safety officer death and injury benefits to local fire police—the Fire Police Fairness Act—was signed into law by President Biden as part of the Protecting America's First Responders Act of 2021 (S. 1511). Now, the effort begun by Rep. Courtney and Fire Chief Tony Saccone in 2011 at the Gales Ferry Firehouse in Ledyard has finally been completed. The bipartisan Fire Police Fairness Act was officially made law today as part of S.