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August 22, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Richard Blumenthal and Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded the U.S. Navy's decision to move forward on repair of the USS MIAMI, a Groton-based attack submarine that was damaged in a fire May 23 while undergoing an overhaul at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.


August 14, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded the State of Rhode Island's decision to suspend a proposal to place tolls on I-95 just across the border from North Stonington. The suspension follows the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) February rejection of Rhode Island's request.


August 7, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – During a live telephone town hall held by Congressman Joe Courtney with over 6,000 constituents from eastern Connecticut, Robert Hamilton, Electric Boat's (EB) director of communications, shared the latest information on the company's employment situation and outlook.


August 7, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after U.S.


August 6, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that the Towns of Enfield and Vernon will receive $4,148,503 and $2,184,998, respectively, from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to pay for costs incurred from debris removal as a result of October 2011. The funds will be delivered to the State of Connecticut, and will be distributed to the Towns in October.


August 2, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded Wholesome Wave after they secured a $568,150 multi-agency Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge grant by the US Department of Agriculture and US Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA), the Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority.


August 1, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today blasted a Republican tax proposal, H.R. 8, that the House voted on today for imposing stiff new taxes on military and middle class families, while continuing costly tax breaks for families with incomes over $1 million. H.R.


August 1, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) today released the following statement after Mitt Romney completed a disastrous international trip to Britain, Israel and Poland:


July 27, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded a new $14.5 million contracted awarded by the Department of Defense to Farmington-based KBE Building Corporation for the construction of a new commissary at SUBASE New London.


July 26, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – According to new data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in the first six months of 2012, eastern Connecticut seniors saved $3,005,849 on prescription drugs because of the Affordable Care Act.