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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, voted to advance the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act out of the House Armed Services Committee. The Committee-passed NDAA includes new forms of support for American servicemembers and their families and authorizes continued support for a historic amount of shipbuilding and submarine procurement and research efforts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, delivered the following statement at the Full Committee Markup of the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after the future USS IOWA (SSN 797) christening ceremony at Electric Boat in Groton. Congress authorized funding for the construction of the future IOWA in the FY16 National Defense Authorization Act. Courtney serves as the Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee, which authorizes submarine construction and industrial base support.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice announced the Judicial Branch of Connecticut has been awarded $3,437,400 to improve public safety in the state. The funding comes from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a Committee hearing yesterday with Secretary Becerra, Rep. Joe Courtney urged his colleagues to join Democrats in lowering costs and tackling inflation by extending drug price savings to more Americans.
“Thank you, Chairman Kelly. Before we get started, I want to congratulate you for your outstanding leadership of this subcommittee, which has such a long history of bipartisan and cooperation. Indeed, from 1817 until 1947 the rules of the US House codified the Committee on Naval Affairs as a free-standing committee, which did great things for our country. I think you and all the members of the subcommittee are their heirs of that important legacy to advance and safeguard our nation’s maritime place in the world.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Joe Courtney and Bill Johnson introduced the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act, H.R. 4006, to govern private land use restrictions on amateur radio. |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces (SPF) Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the Subcommittee released its proposals for the FY 24 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
NORWICH, CT – Today, Rep. Courtney (CT-02) delivered a $1,012,194 federal grant to Generations Family Health Center to support its health services across northeast Connecticut.