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WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Richard Blumenthal and Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded more than $2 million in grant awards from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to combat lead paint and other home health hazards in Norwich.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Readiness and Management Support subcommittee, after she rejected the Defense Departments proposal for a new Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Joe Courtney and Senators Joseph Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal announced the awarding of two USDA Rural Development grants to the town of Sprague.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-LA) today sent a bipartisan letter to the House Budget Committee requesting full allocation of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) receipts to remedy maintenance problems facing our nation’s ports and harbors.
DoD Inspector General report shows mismanagement of effort to set aside contracts for companies owned by disabled veterans
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney has written to the commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), urging them to undertake overdue action to implement rules that will reduce the influence of speculators in the energy market and rein in escalat
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Joe Courtney (CT-2) praised the award of two grants to Connecticut from the United States Department of Labor for technical skills training. The Workforce Alliance, Inc. in New Haven received a $4.97 million grant and the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board, Inc.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Joe Courtney sat down with students, faculty, and administration officials at UConn to discuss his legislation to prevent an increase in Stafford student loan rates for undergraduate students. The discussion included personal stories from students facing tens of thousands of dollars in debt after graduation.