Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today was appointed to the conference committee for the FY12 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets the federal budget for the Department of Defense for the next fiscal year 2012. The bill authorizes billions of dollars of investments for Electric Boat and other key defense priorities for eastern Connecticut and the state.
WASHINGTON, DC – According to new data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), eastern Connecticut seniors saved $3.388 million on prescription drugs from January through October as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Medicare improvements in the Affordable Care Act mean that beneficiaries now automatically receive a 50-percent discount on covered brand-name drugs in the Part D coverage gap, or "donut hole." The amount of this discount will continue to grow until the Part D donut hole is completely phased out in 2020.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Joe Courtney (CT-02) and John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement today on General Electric's decision to terminate their self-funded, F136 Alternate Engine for the F35 Joint Strike Fighter.
"General Electric is a tremendous American company who has provided us with unique innovation for over a hundred years. As difficult a decision as this was, in these pressing economic times, GE made the right one.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after the Congressional super committee failed to reach an agreement on cutting the federal debt:
WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that the Town of Mansfield secured a $610,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to proactively plan for growth resulting from the new technology park at the University of Connecticut and ensure long-term sustainability of the Town.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that the Connecticut and New London-based The Connection Fund secured a $2.294 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to construct supportive housing for persons with disabilities. The new apartment complex will house 12 persons with chronic mental illness in 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units. In addition to the grant award, The Connection Fund also secured a three-year rental subsidy of $180,900, which can be renewed at the end of three years.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement at the conclusion of U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta's visit to Groton-based Electric Boat (EB). Courtney joined the Secretary for the visit, which included a tour of the USS Mississippi and a question-and-answer session with the EB workforce.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Joe Courtney today sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to televise oral arguments in its review of the Affordable Care Act. The Court is expected to hear oral arguments in March.
WASHINGTON, DC –Today Congressman Joe Courtney, along with Sens. Joe Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood in support of New England Gateway's TIGER III grant application to improve and modernize freight lines. If secured, the grant would fund critical freight rail infrastructure improvements along the New England Central Railroad Corridor (NECR), which extends from New London, CT, to Montreal.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that Putnam Green Power has secured a $275,000 federal grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The funding will be used to generate hydroelectricity by refurbishing two turbines in an existing dam structure. The system will provide 2,523 megawatt hours, which should provide more than 100 percent of the facilities' utility usage.