Press Releases
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement after President Trump fired top military leaders, including Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations.
“Firing top military officers at the start of a new administration is not normal order. This is part of President Trump’s plans to install loyalists. While President Trump plays politics with our military, Russia and China are working hard to degrade Americans’ freedom.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn-02), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Joe Courtney joined House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rep. Gergory W. Meeks (D-NY) in a letter urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to end the Trump Administration’s stop work order on U.S. foreign assistance while a 90-day review of USAID programs is underway.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney AO (CT-02), Co-Chair of the Friends of Australia Caucus, issued the following statement after meeting with Australia’s Defense Minister, Richard Marles, to discuss Congress’s ongoing commitment to strengthening the U.S.-Australia alliance as well as Australia’s $500 million investment into the U.S. submarine industrial base announced this morning.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) applauded the temporary block on President Trump’s buyout offer to federal workers. Massachusetts Senior District Judge George O’Toole ordered the February 6 11:59 p.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney sent a letter to federal workers and joined a legislative push to protect the civil service from President Trump’s and Elon Musk’s efforts to push dedicated non-partisan employees out of their jobs.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced that House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries reappointed him as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors for the 119th Congress.