Press Releases
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on the Navy’s selection of Boeing to construct the new F/A-XX carrier aircraft.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement after sending a letter to his colleagues on the Armed Services Committee in response to the recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on Navy submarine repairs. Read Courtney’s letter
NORWICH, CT – This week, on Eyewitness News Extra, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) celebrated the revitalization of skills training in eastern Connecticut:
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, and Tom Perez, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, celebrated the success of eastern Connecticut’s Manufacturing Pipeline Initiative (MPI) ten years after the program launched with their support.
NORWICH, CT – This week, House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled another day of scheduled House votes. Earlier this month, Speaker Jonhson also canceled the last two weeks of previously scheduled voting days in September, meaning that the House of Representatives will not return to session for over seven weeks until November 9th.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Reps. John Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) issued the following statement after voting “no” on H.R. 10076.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and Congressman John Larson (CT-01) applauded House passage of their Casualty Loss Dedication Restoration Act, which passed the House last night within the larger bill H.R. 9500 by a vote of 408-17.
WASHINGTON, DC – Last night, for the sixth time, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, voted to end President Trump’s war in Iran. Courtney voted to pass the bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution (H.Con.Res.
WASHINGTON, DC – In case you missed it, the Hartford Courant published a piece highlighting the Connecticut submarine industry’s essential role in national security and the growing importance of the AUKUS security agreement, which turns five years old today.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Friends of Australia Caucus Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Seapower Subcommittee, and Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chair Emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, celebrated the five-year anniversary of the AUKUS security agreement.