Press Releases
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement.
“My office has received numerous inquiries regarding Congresswoman Robin Kelly’s bill to start impeachment proceedings against Kristi Noem. As this list released today from Rep. Kelly’s office confirms, I am a cosponsor of this bill along with 139 other members. The House Clerk's Office will incorporate new names early this week.
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, released the following statement on the appointment of Australian Secretary of Defence Greg Moriarty to serve as Australi
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement on the fatal shooting by U.S Department of Homeland Security agents in Minneapolis today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after the House passed a package of government funding bills and a homeland security funding bill. Courtney voted to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 7148) and voted “no” on the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 7147).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, called on the tech industry to be held accountable for the crisis of online child exploitation involving generative artificial intelligence, which has overwhelmed the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Friends of Australia Caucus, Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, and Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chair Emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Ambassador Kevin Rudd, who will depart as Australian Ambassador to the United States on March 31, 2026.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in a speech on the House floor, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) corrected President Trump’s false claims on wind energy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Friends of Australia Caucus and Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on the legacy of Ambassador Kevin Rudd, who will depart as Australian Ambassador to the United States on March 31, 2026.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement after a federal judge ruled against the Trump Administration’s December 22nd attempt to halt all major offshore wind projects, including Connecticut’s and Rhode Island’s Revolution Wind project.