Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) signed a discharge petition to force a vote on a bill introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro which would immediately fund all agencies within the Department of Homeland Security except for ICE, CBP, and the Office of the Secretary while negotiations on reforms to address those agencies’ malfeasance continue.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s Seapower Subcommittee and Readiness Subcommittee joint hearing, “Posture and Readiness of the Mobility Enterprise.” 

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 a Trump Department of Defense official on the President’s

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a speech on the House floor, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) celebrated the Revolution Wind offshore wind energy project’s first power delivery to New England’s energy grid, which

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement on the Revolution Wind offshore wind energy project delivering its first power to New England’s energy grid.

NORWICH, CT – Yesterday, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) visited two small businesses in northeastern Connecticut, Two Dogs Coffee in Danielson and Sadie’s Sweet Shop in Putnam, to discuss the increased costs they are facing and how they have been worsened by President Trump’s tariff policies. Courtney was accompanied by Elle-Jordyn Sherman, Executive Director of the Northeastern CT Chamber of Commerce, and Ms.

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, sent a letter the U.S. Department of Defense calling on them to execute the long overdue multi-year contract for construction of up to eleven Block VI Virginia-class submarines. In 2023, Congress enacted authority in the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act for the Navy to award this contract to shipbuilders, with the expectation that it would move quickly to execution. Read Rep.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement after voting to pass H.Con.Res. 38, a war powers resolution to reassert Congress’ authority and end President Trump’s war in Iran. The resolution failed to pass by a vote of 212-219.