Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the Congressional Friends of Australia Caucus, released the following statement on the Pentagon’s now completed AUKUS review after Members of the House Armed Services Committee had the opportunity to read the review.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on the delivery of the USS District of Columbia’s bow to Electric Boat’s South Yard assembly building in Groton, CT, where final assembly of the boat will occur. The USS District of Columbia (SSBN 826) is the lead boat in the new Columbia-class fleet of ballistic missile submarines. Columbia-class submarines will weigh 21,000 tons – 2½ times the size of Virginia-class submarines.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement in response to a new U.S. Coast Guard policy to no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols and rather as “potentially divisive”.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney released the following statement after the Connecticut Department of Transportation was awarded $35,700,000 in federal funding to support the modernization and expansion of the Windham Region Transit District (WRTD) and University of Con
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, partnered with Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, today to raise serious national-security concerns regarding Pr
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney, a senior member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, released the following statement in response to U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney released the following statement after voting to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The bill passed the House by a vote of 427-1 and now awaits action in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on Electric Boat’s new acquisition of the former Sears store at Waterford’s Crystal Mall, which the shipbuilder announced today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, in a speech on the House floor, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) called on Congress to reclaim its authority over tariff policy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after voting “no” on a government funding deal which paves the way for health care costs to increases for an estimated 142,000 Connecticut residents and excludes critical funding for the Columbia-class submarine program.