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August 3, 2026

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Friends of Australia Caucus, applauded Electric Boat’s $2 million steel plate order to Australian supplier Bisalloy Steel, which


July 31, 2026

NORWICH, CT – Yesterday, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, Mark Rayha, President of General Dynamics-Electric Boat, Peter Baker, President of the Metal Trades Council of New London County, AFL-CIO, and Chris Jewell, President of Collins & Jewell and Chairman of the Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board’s Board of Directors, joined Jill Rusk, Mayor of the City of Groton, and a large crowd of state and local officials, educators, and leaders in Connecticut’s s


July 29, 2026

NORWICH, CT – Today, 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, released the following statement after the Navy officially executed contract awards to Electric Boat for construction of nine Virginia-class Block VI fast-attack submarines and five Columbia-class Build II ballistic missile submarines.


July 22, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congress Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the House passed the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act. After Republican leaders allowed partisan poison pill amendments to be added to the NDAA, Courtney voted “no” on initial House-passage of the FY27 NDAA.


July 16, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement on President Trump’s address to the nation.


July 16, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), introduced the CLINIC Assistance Act, a bill to improve access to legal support for Americans whose medical treatment was denied coverage by health insurance companies. The CLINIC Assistance Act would establish a grant program through the Department of Labor to help law schools set up consumer advocate programs where patients can receive no-cost legal assistance with their insurance claim appeal. 

Issues: Health Care

July 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, during a House Education and Workforce Committee markup of H.R.


July 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. John Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) slammed the latest health care cuts imposed by the Trump Administration.


July 14, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Friends of Australia Caucus, welcomed Australian Speaker of the House Milton Dick MP, a delegation of Australian Members of Parliament and Senators, and Australian Ambassador Greg Moriarty to Washington, DC for the Australian American Leadership Dialogue. The group met in Congressman Courtney’s office on Capitol Hill. 

Issues: AUKUS News