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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


March 26, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – In case you missed it this week on News 8, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, discussed Electric Boat’s


March 24, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, and Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) re-introduced the Student Loan Interest Elimination Act, a bill to lower the cost of college for current and future student loan borrowers. 

Issues: Education

March 19, 2026

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


March 18, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) signed a discharge petition to force a vote on a bill introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro which would immediately fund all agencies within the Department of Homeland Security except for ICE, CBP, and the Office of the Secretary while negotiations on reforms to address those agencies’ malfeasance continue.


March 18, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s Seapower Subcommittee and Readiness Subcommittee joint hearing, “Posture and Readiness of the Mobility Enterprise.” 


March 18, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, questioned a Trump Department of Defense official on the President’s


March 16, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a speech on the House floor, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) celebrated the Revolution Wind offshore wind energy project’s first power delivery to New England’s energy grid, which


March 13, 2026

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement on the Revolution Wind offshore wind energy project delivering its first power to New England’s energy grid.


March 11, 2026

NORWICH, CT – Yesterday, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) visited two small businesses in northeastern Connecticut, Two Dogs Coffee in Danielson and Sadie’s Sweet Shop in Putnam, to discuss the increased costs they are facing and how they have been worsened by President Trump’s tariff policies. Courtney was accompanied by Elle-Jordyn Sherman, Executive Director of the Northeastern CT Chamber of Commerce, and Ms.