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July 21, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the bipartisan H.R. 672, which included Rep. Joe Courtney’s provision to mandate the U.S.


July 21, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) spoke on the House floor to urge his colleagues to support H.R. 672, which includes Rep. Courtney’s provision to assign a single zip code to the town of Scotland, Connecticut. During the speech, Rep.


July 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, voted to advance the bipartisan FY26 National Defense Authorization Act out of the House Armed Services Committee (55-2).


July 7, 2025

NORWICH, CT ­– Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) joined Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut leaders at Charter Oak Health Center in Hartford to discuss the impacts of health care cuts in President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” which the President has now signed into law.


July 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­– Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after voting “no” on President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1):


June 23, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chair Emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep.


June 21, 2025

NORWICH, CT ­– Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s military strikes in Iran.


June 18, 2025

NORWICH, CT ­– Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement in response the conflict between Israel and Iran, and potential U.S. involvement:


June 13, 2025

NORWICH, CT Today, Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT-02), Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (R-PA-15), Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01), and Ron Estes (R-KS-04) re-introduced the bipartisan Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025, legislation to fix an arbitrary Medicare policy that exclud

Issues: Health Care