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January 28, 2025

NORWICH, CT – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) decried the Trump Administration’s unconstitutional action announced last night mandating all federal agencies pause disbursement of federal assistance already approved by the Congress and signed into law.


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January 21, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after President Trump issued an Executive Order to end birthright citizenship.


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January 16, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), and Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Labor Caucus Members Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Jared Golden (D-ME), and Val Hoyle (D-OR) released the following statement regarding USTR’s Section 301 investigation into China’s trade practices in the commercial shipbuilding sector:


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January 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after President Biden announced a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas following months of intensive diplomacy. 


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January 5, 2025

NORWICH, CT – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) applauded President Biden for signing H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, into law. The bill restores full Social Security benefits for public servants by repealing two provisions of current law – the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) – that unfairly reduce the Social Security benefits that public employees receive.


January 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) marked the start of the 119th Congress and his tenth term serving Connecticut’s Second Congressional District.


January 2, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a new video, Rep. Joe Courtney AO details the tremendous progress made to advance the trilateral AUKUS security agreement in just one year since Congress passed landmark legislation to enable the mission.