Press Releases
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) joined Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut leaders at Charter Oak Health Center in Hartford to discuss the impacts of health care cuts in President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” which the President has now signed into law. The bill includes nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, the largest cut to health care in U.S. history.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after voting “no” on President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1):
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.