Press Releases

(Washington, DC) – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) joined U.S.

Norwich, CT – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2), Governor Dannel Malloy, and the Connecticut congressional delegation today announced that the State of Connecticut has been awarded $700,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to conduct a study of transit-oriented development (TOD) opportunities in the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield (NHHS) rail corridor, also known as the Hartford Line.

WASHINGTON—Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement after casting his vote to approve the agreement to limit Iran's nuclear program:

WASHINGTON—Today, the Connecticut delegation sent a letter to Lieutenant General Tom Bostick, Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in support of the recently-released Draft Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Long Island Sound.

NORWICH—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement on the transfer of more than $8 million in TIGER Grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to the state of Connecticut:

WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney announced that the Town of Salem Fire Department will receive a $12,048 grant Operation & Safety Grant to acquire a thermal imaging camera, which will enable firefighters to see through smoke.

WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney announced that the Town of Mansfield Fire Department will receive a $83,467 grant Operation & Safety Grant to upgrade fire hoses and nozzles. The grant was made available through the federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.