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May 9, 2014

Today Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2), Ranking Member of the Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, introduced the Payroll Fraud Prevention Act. The bill is companion legislation to a Senate bill sponsored by Senators Robert Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Tom Harkin (D-IA).


May 8, 2014

Washington, DC—Today Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) announced the availability of $78 million, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, in support of local and regional food enterprises through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).


May 8, 2014

WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement congratulating the workforce and leadership of Sikorsky in Stratford, Connecticut on receiving a contract to build the next presidential helicopter fleet:


May 8, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last night, Congressman Joe Courtney joined a unanimous bipartisan majority on the House Armed Services Committee in voting 61-0 to pass the FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill fully supports continued investment in programs critical to Connecticut’s economy and industrial base.


May 2, 2014

WASHINGTON—Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) questioned USDA's Chief Economist Joseph Glauber at the House Agriculture Committee’s Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit subcommittee hearing this week. Congressman Courtney addressed the rising demand for local meat and dairy products seen in Connecticut and supported by USDA market studies, and asked Mr.


April 29, 2014

WASHINGTON—Today Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2), Vice Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower Subcommittee, released the following statement lauding the signing of the Navy’s Block IV contract with Electric Boat to build ten Virginia Class submarines over the next five years:


April 24, 2014

Norwich—Today Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, announced more than $395,000 for Connecticut farmers through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Administered by USDA’s Agriculture Marketing Service, the program enhances markets and production for specialty crops.


April 23, 2014

Norwich, CT—Today Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal and Congressman Joe Courtney announced a federal grant and loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program to the town of Putnam, Connecticut.


April 16, 2014

WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) announced that two eastern Connecticut cultural gems, the Goodspeed Opera House and the Mystic Ballet, were awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.


April 14, 2014

WASHINGTON—Today Congressman Joe Courtney released the following statement congratulating Connecticut’s Stephen R. Gephard on his presidential appointment to the post of Commissioner of the Council of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization: