Press Releases

NORWICH, CT – Rep. Joe Courtney sat down with the family of a freed Israeli-American hostage with ties to Connecticut to mark the first anniversary since Hamas’ brutal terrorist attack.

“My cousin Yehuda called me and said my ‘daughter has been taken to Gaza [by Hamas].’ He called me Sunday, October 8 and I immediately called Joe Courtney,” Jerry Fischer of Waterford, Connecticut said. “He got the wheels rolling.”

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after the Navy released $376,788,600 to Electric Boat to advance the Virginia class submarine program. As then-Chairman and now Ranking Member of the Seapower Subcommittee, Courtney authorized this funding through the FY21 through FY24 National Defense Authorization Acts.

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), the Co-Chair of the Friends of Australia Caucus, issued the following statement after the Right Honourable John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom hosted the Honourable Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia and the Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense, United States (U.S.) at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London, the United Kingdom (UK) to review progress in and reaffirm their commitment to the AUKUS partnership.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Trent Kelly (R-MS), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, along with Adam Smith (D-WA) and Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following reports that faulty welds were knowingly made to U.S. Navy vessels. 
 

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney, the Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice received notification of suspected faulty welds on subs, aircraft carriers at Newport News Shipbuilding.

[HARTFORD, CT] – Today, the Connecticut Congressional delegation announced $4.2 million for seven community health centers in Connecticut to expand mental health, behavioral health, and substance use disorder services.

NORWICH, CT – Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), Co-Chair of the AUKUS Working Group, joined ABC Australia’s Michael Rowland ahead of today’s third anniversary of the AUKUS security agreement.

NORWICH, CT – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced over $462,000 for Easterseals Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut to support veterans’ mental health and suicide prevention efforts. The federal funding is awarded through the U.S.