Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at the House Education and Workforce Committee Hearing on President Trump’s FY26 budget request, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the Committee, grilled U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on budget cuts to magnet schools, workforce development funding, and adult education. These cuts work against President Trump’s own stated goals of expanding school choice and our nation’s skilled workforce.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) and 28 other Members of Congress in New England and Hawaii released a bicameral statement in response to United States Department of Agriculture (UDSA) Secretary Brooke Rollins illegally restricting relief funding to small and mid-sized family farms in New England, Alaska, and Hawaii:
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and House Education & Workforce Committee, issued the following statement after Electric Boat workers a part of the Marine Draftsmen Association (MDA-UAW) overwhelmingly agreed to a new five-year union
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior Member of the Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following statement.
NORWICH, CT – This week, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan package (H.R. 672) which included Rep. Joe Courtney’s (CT-02) provision to mandate a single zip-code for the town of Scotland, Connecticut.
Scotland has 600-plus residencies, but six zip-codes, leading to misplaced packages, difficulty requesting mail-in ballots, and uncertainty about where to send students to school.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep.
WASHINGTON, DC – This morning, following six-hours of overnight debate on the House Floor, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after voting NO on the House GOP’s partisan 10-year budget bill:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, Rep.
VATICAN CITY – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement after MDA-UAW Local 571 announced it reached a tentative agreement with Electric Boat.
VATICAN CITY – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after attending the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV alongside a bipartisan