Press Releases

NEW LONDON, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower Subcommittee, delivered remarks at the commissioning ceremony of the USS IOWA (SSN 797), the 24^th boat in the Virginia-class program. Watch the remarks here. Remarks as prepared below.

NORWICH, CT – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), a senior member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, and U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) led a group of their colleagues in sending a letter to U.S.

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney AO (CT-02), Co-Chair of the Friends of Australia Caucus, issued the following statement.

“After President Trump’s initial steel and aluminum tariff announcement on February 10, there was hope that on April 2 he would recalibrate his tariffs to prevent collateral damage to trusted allies with both free trade agreements and top-secret national security ties, such as Australia. Unfortunately, those hopes were dashed.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Rep.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), a senior member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), a senior member of the Health, Education, 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.   

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, the Hartford Courant published a piece reporting that, thanks to successful training programs, Electric Boat is retaining 89% of its workforce while recruiting thousands of new workers—a “stark contrast” to other shipyards.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), joined by Congressman John Larson (CT-01), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), and Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) reintroduced the Save Our Small (SOS) Farms Act of 2025.

WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03), Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04), and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) on Thursday released the following statement on the Trump administration’s sudden termination of federal public health grants to state and local health departments in Connecticut, totaling $150 million.