Press Releases

WASHINGTON DC—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, pressed Army leaders including Secretary of the Army Wormuth and General McConville, about the future of Black Hawk production following

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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement on the submission of the Navy’s FY2024 30-year shipbuilding plan. Among other things, the new plan reflects that the Navy has incorporated the AUKUS pact into the shipbuilding schedule.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) a senior member of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee, re-introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to curb the rising rates of workplace violence facing health care and social service workers, including nurses, emergency responders, medical assistants, physicians, and social workers.   

Here's what workers, advocates, and stakeholders are saying about the legislation: 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) today welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to deny a request to hear appeal in the long-running lawsuit by the State of New York to challenge the establishment of the Eastern Long Island Sound dredged material disposal site (ELDS). 

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement in response to Texas U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s recent ruling to suspend longstanding FDA approval of mifepristone. 

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) joined Vernon residents in celebrating the Town Council’s bipartisan decision to replace the Horowitz Pool at Henry Park using $1.25 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan, which Courtney helped pass into law.