Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – The Connecticut House delegation today applauded the appointment of Judith Stein, founder and executive director of the Center for Medicare Advocacy in Willimantic, to the Bipartisan Long-Term Care Commission.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today sent the following letter to director Steve Spielberg and DreamWorks, asking Spielberg to correct an historical inaccuracy in the Academy Award-nominated film, Lincoln, which places Connecticut on the wrong side of the slavery debate and ratification of the 13th Amendment.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that he will serve as vice ranking member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee in the 113th Congress. The committee has jurisdiction over the U.S. Navy.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that the Pentagon would lift the ban on women serving in combat:
, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed eastern Connecticut dairy farmers will receive critical support because of The American Taxpayer Relief Act, which the House passed on January 1, 2013.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney announced today that he will serve as the top Democrat on the Education and Workforce Committee's Workforce Protections Subcommittee in the 113th Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after President Obama unveiled common-sense proposals to strengthen gun laws and bolster school security:
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after he and bipartisan majority in the House voted, 241-180, to pass a $50.4-billion relief package for Hurricane Sandy victims. The vote comes 11 days after the House approved $9.7 billion in funding to replenish the National Flood Insurance Program.
WASHINGTON, DC – After Electric Boat's 2013 legislative breakfast this morning, Congressman Joe Courtney applauded the steadily-improving employment situation at the Groton-based submarine manufacturer.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after he and the House voted to pass $9.7 billion of relief for Hurricane Sandy victims. The funding replenishes the National Flood Insurance Program, which is expected to run out of money to pay claims related to the storm next week.