Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today introduced legislation, H.R. 3826, to ensure that interest rates on certain student loans do not dramatically increase this year.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney tonight released the following statement after President Obama's State of the Union address:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that Cpl. Greg Caron will be his invited guest to the President's State of the Union Address on Tuesday evening. Cpl. Caron, 25, of Ellington, is a member of Plainville-based Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords announced that she will resign from Congress to focus on her recovery:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement urging Congress to scrap the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and begin work on a new approach to addressing online piracy:
WASHINGTON, DC– Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today praised the announcement of the new Patient Valet Parking Service at the West Haven Veterans Association.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after the Department of Labor announced that 200,000 new jobs were added in December. The sixth-consecutive month of 100,000-plus job growth reduced the country's unemployment rate to 8.5 percent – the lowest it has been in three years.
WASHINGTON, DC –Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after the Pentagon released the Defense Strategic Review:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after House Republican leaders agreed to extend the payroll tax cut, ending their objection to relief for 160 million American families:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that, since the beginning of 2011, his office has helped return $1,331,686 to eastern Connecticut citizens who were owed Social Security checks, veterans' benefits, tax refunds and other payments from the federal government.