Eastern Connecticut
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.