Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, pressed Under Secretary for Defense Policy Elbridge Colby on the Trump Administration’s decision to attack Iran just weeks after the Department of Defense’s National Defense Strategy document, published in January 2026, said “

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney  (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement:  

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement:  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after the House passed (390-9) the Housing for the 21^st Century Act (H.R. 6644), a bipartisan package of bills to clear the pathway to build more housing nationwide.

NORWICH, CT – This week, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) voted to pass a government funding package (H.R. 7148) which includes over $9.6 million for 10 Community Projects in Connecticut’s Second District. In January, the House and Senate passed over $2.6 million for four more Community Projects in the Second District. In November, the House and Senate passed $1 million for one Community Project in North Stonington. Funding for all 15 Community Projects have now been signed into law.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, slammed the Department of Education’s new student loan caps, a result of the Big Ugly Bill (H.R. 1), which will cut in half the available graduate level student loans for nursing students and other critical professions. Courtney also called out banks for lobbying in support of the caps that will raise the cost of graduate education. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 7148, which includes a package of five bipartisan full-year funding bills, ends the partial government shutdown, and excludes full-year funding for the Department of Homeland Security to force negotiations on concrete ICE reforms over the next 10 days. 

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement. 

“My office has received numerous inquiries regarding Congresswoman Robin Kelly’s bill to start impeachment proceedings against Kristi Noem. As this list released today from Rep. Kelly’s office confirms, I am a cosponsor of this bill along with 139 other members. The House Clerk's Office will incorporate new names early this week.