Press Releases
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement after the House unanimously passed a bill to allow the Defense Department to deliver payments to families of fallen soldiers:
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) issued the following statement after Defense Secretary Hagel announced that he would interpret the Pay Our Military Act more broadly, and return thousands of civilian Defense Department employees—including over 200 Navy shipbuilding support personnel in Groton -- to work:
WASHINGTON—Today, on the fifth day of the federal government shutdown, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement on the passage of H.R. 3223, the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, a bill which Courtney endorsed the day the shutdown began:
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) announced that a new report issued by the Commission on Long-Term Care recommends steps to protect access to skilled nursing care for Medicare beneficiaries—an objective that legislation authored by Courtney would achieve. The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (H.R.
WASHINGTON—Yesterday, during the first day of the federal government shutdown insisted upon by House Republicans, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) took two actions to help address the impact of a government shutdown on eastern Connecticut’s hardworking federal workers. First, Courtney co-sponsored H.R. 3223, the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, sponsored by Rep.
WASHINGTON—Tonight, after House Republicans again insisted on including poison-pill amendments to the Continuing Resolution needed to avert a government shutdown, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement:
WASHINGTON—Today, after House Republicans passed a continuing resolution including a poison pill amendment to delay implementation of the Affordable Care Act for a year, a measure that all but guarantees a government shutdown, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement after voting against the bill:
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) joined a bipartisan coalition of 80 members of the House in sending a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chair Alison Macfarlane to urge the NRC to pursue completion of safety evaluation reports for the proposed nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.
WASHINGTON—Today, after the U.S. Senate passed a continuing resolution supported by President Obama that would fund the federal government at current levels and avert a House Republican-led government shutdown, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement:
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) announced a $25.7 million Navy contract for Electric Boat to perform maintenance and modernization upgrades to the USS Providence, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine.