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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 – This week, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) cosponsored the No Taxpayer-Funded Slush Funds Act (H.R. 8914), a bill which would prohibit the use of federal funds to create or finance the $1.8 billion slush fund established under the settlement in Trump v. IRS and impose new restrictions to prevent taxpayer dollars from being steered to Trump allies and January 6th defendants.
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.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) voted to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a bipartisan package of bills to clear pathways to build more housing nationwide. The bill passed the House by a vote of 396-13.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement on the threats and hate speech directed to Norwich, Connecticut Mayor Swarnjit Singh.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, congratulated the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Class of 2026, who will graduate from the Academy today in a ceremony in New London, CT.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, questioned the geographic imbalance of the U.S. Navy fleet due to the war in Iran.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, at a House Armed Services Committee hearing with the Secretary of the Army and Acting Chief of Staff of the Army, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, called out the Trump Administration’s cancelation of the deployment of 4,000 soldiers to Poland.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, asked Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle (USN) about his support for the AUKUS security agreement.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, slammed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s new rule which excludes nursing from the Department of Education’s definition of “professional” graduate-level degrees, capping available federal student loans for nursing students at half of what is available for “professional” degrees. This is a result of the Big Ugly Bill (H.R. 1) and will raise education costs for critically needed nurses.