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April 22, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, asked U.S.


April 20, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, marked the upcoming commissioning of the USS IDAHO (SSN 799), the 26th Virginia-class submarine. This Saturday, April 25th, the U.S.


April 17, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, grilled Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Issues: Health Care

April 16, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after voting to pass the bipartisan H.R. 1689, which would extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants for three years until April 2029. The bill passed the House by a vote of 224-204. 


April 14, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced introduction of a bicameral

Issues: Education

April 14, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a speech on the House floor, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, called on Congress to pass the bipartisan War Powers Resolution H.Con.Res. 40 to end President Trump’s war in Iran. 


April 9, 2026

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement:


April 2, 2026

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on the U.S.


April 2, 2026

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and Congressman Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02) re-introduced the Agent Orange Service Medal Act, a bill to honor veterans exposed to Agent Orange and other herbicides during their service.


April 2, 2026

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and Congressman Nick LaLota (NY-01), Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Long Island Sound Caucus, released the following statements on House-passage of a reauthorization of the EPA’s Long Island Sound Grant Program, part of their bill, the Long Island Sound Stewardship and Restoration Reauthorization Act