Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, pressed a Pentagon official on the cost and timeline disparity between retrofitting President Trump’s Qatari jet to serve as Air Force One and the official Air Force One replacement, VC-25B.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) celebrated a new $1.495 million grant from the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program awarded to the Groton-New London airport for construction of new taxiway drainage. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on the U.S. Navy’s new $2.3 billion Virginia-class contract for advanced construction of Block VI Virginia-class submarines.

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), released the following statement after the Department of Education finalized a rule which institutes new caps in the amount of federal student loans available for students pursuing several different graduate degrees, including advanced practice nursing degrees. The rule, which is a result of cuts in the Big Ugly Bill (H.R.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement on House passage of a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, which fully funds all DHS agencies except for ICE and CBP.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, grilled U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on rising energy costs caused by the war in Iran and the damage the war is causing to U.S. military readiness.

WASHINGTON, DC – 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 King Charles III’s address to Congress. 

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 the U.S.