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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a speech on the House floor, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) called on Congress to block new health care cuts inflicted on vulnerable Americans by President Trump’s Big Ugly Bill (H.R. 1). 

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressman Joe Courtney AO (CT-02), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Friends of Australia Caucus and Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, met with new Australian Ambassador to the United States Greg Moriarty AO.

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.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after voting to complete final passage of the 21^st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644). The bill was passed by the House by a vote of 358-32.

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. 

NORWICH, CT – This month, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and Congressman Glenn Thompson (PA-15) introduced the bipartisan Funding Refrigeration Equipment for Student Health (FRESH) Act. The bill would create a USDA competitive grant program for K-12 schools to acquire and install milk dispensers or cold storage equipment for use in school cafeterias, making it more financially feasible for schools to provide whole milk to students.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after voting “no” on the GOP majority’s partisan budget bill, which gives a $70 billion unpaid-for blank check to fuel President Trump’s out-of-control immigration enforcement policies through 2029.