Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chair Emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Rep.
NORWICH, CT – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s military strikes in Iran.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement in response the conflict between Israel and Iran, and potential U.S. involvement:
NORWICH, CT – Today, Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT-02), Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (R-PA-15), Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01), and Ron Estes (R-KS-04) re-introduced the bipartisan Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025, legislation to fix an arbitrary Medicare policy that excludes coverage of skilled nursing care for certain patients, resulting in exorbitant and unexpected out-of-pocket costs.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled DOGE can access sensitive Social Security records.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), the top Democrat with Congressional oversight of Air Force One, questioned the Secretary of the Air Force on the true costs of President Trump’s AirForce One “deal” with Qatar.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at the House Education and Workforce Committee Hearing on President Trump’s FY26 budget request, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the Committee, grilled U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on budget cuts to magnet schools, workforce development funding, and adult education. These cuts work against President Trump’s own stated goals of expanding school choice and our nation’s skilled workforce.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) and 28 other Members of Congress in New England and Hawaii released a bicameral statement in response to United States Department of Agriculture (UDSA) Secretary Brooke Rollins illegally restricting relief funding to small and mid-sized family farms in New England, Alaska, and Hawaii: