Press Releases
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.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement on the passing of former First Lady of Connecticut Natalie "Nikki" S. (Damon) O'Neill:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, pressed a Pentagon official on the cost and timeline disparity between retrofitting President Trump’s Qatari jet to serve as Air Force One and the official Air Force One replacement, VC-25B.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) celebrated a new $1.495 million grant from the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program awarded to the Groton-New London airport for construction of new taxiway drainage.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on the U.S. Navy’s new $2.3 billion Virginia-class contract for advanced construction of Block VI Virginia-class submarines.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), released the following statement after the Department of Education finalized a rule which institutes new caps in the amount of federal student loans available for students pursuing several different graduate degrees, including advanced practice nursing degrees. The rule, which is a result of cuts in the Big Ugly Bill (H.R.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement on House passage of a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, which fully funds all DHS agencies except for ICE and CBP.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, grilled U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on rising energy costs caused by the war in Iran and the damage the war is causing to U.S. military readiness.