Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Readiness and Management Support subcommittee, after she rejected the Defense Departments proposal for a new Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. McCaskill said Wednesday that she will not let new rounds of base closures pass her subcommittee this year, dealing what The Hill called "a potentially fatal blow" to the Pentagon's plans for BRAC in 2013.
**Tomorrow, Thursday, March 22nd at 10:30am**
WASHINGTON—Tomorrow, Congressmen Chris Murphy and Joe Courtney will hold a press conference call to discuss the impact that the Affordable Care Act has had on people across Connecticut. Murphy and Courtney will be joined on the call by Skip Burritt, a cancer survivor who owns a small business in New Britain, to discuss what the health care law has meant for him personally.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Joe Courtney and Senators Joseph Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal announced the awarding of two USDA Rural Development grants to the town of Sprague.
Sprague will receive a grant of $28,700 from the Community Facilities Program to update and repair critical facilities at the Town Hall. These essential repairs will aid in meeting full ADA accessibility requirements.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-LA) today sent a bipartisan letter to the House Budget Committee requesting full allocation of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) receipts to remedy maintenance problems facing our nation's ports and harbors. The Congressmen also issued the following statements:
DoD Inspector General report shows mismanagement of effort to set aside contracts for companies owned by disabled veterans
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney has written to the commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), urging them to undertake overdue action to implement rules that will reduce the influence of speculators in the energy market and rein in escalating gas prices. Although the CFTC voted in October of 2011 to impose position limits in the commodities market, implementation of the limits is contingent upon stalled action on related rule-making and definition-setting.
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Joe Courtney (CT-2) praised the award of two grants to Connecticut from the United States Department of Labor for technical skills training. The Workforce Alliance, Inc. in New Haven received a $4.97 million grant and the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board, Inc. in Waterbury received a $5 million grant to provide workers education, training, and job placement assistance in high-growth industries like advanced manufacturing and technology.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Joe Courtney sat down with students, faculty, and administration officials at UConn to discuss his legislation to prevent an increase in Stafford student loan rates for undergraduate students. The discussion included personal stories from students facing tens of thousands of dollars in debt after graduation.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney on THURSDAY, February 23, at 4:00 p.m. UConn will hold a roundtable and press availability with UConn students to highlight his ongoing effort to prevent the interest rates on certain student loans from doubling on July 1. Without Congressional action, rates on subsidized Stafford student loans – one of the few programs that is affordable for students and families – will double, from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. Congressman Courtney has introduced legislation to keep the rate at 3.4 percent. Courtney's legislation, H.R.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney on WEDNESDAY, February 22, will host two forums with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Regional Director Christie Hager to discuss the successes and continued implementation of the Affordable Care Act. According to data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this month, eastern Connecticut seniors saved $ 5,001,408 on prescription drugs in 2011 as a result of the Affordable Care Act.