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April 9, 2014

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy and the Connecticut House delegation have each written letters to federal officials urging immediate action to be taken on legislation extending Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC).


April 9, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Jackie Walorski (IN-2) announced today the details of a friendly wager over tonight’s national championship game between the women’s basketball teams from Notre Dame University and the University of Connecticut.


April 9, 2014

WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) spoke on the floor of the House to congratulate the University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball teams on their historic dual national championship wins.


April 7, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Andy Barr (KY-6) announced the details of a friendly wager over the upcoming NCAA Championship game between the men’s basketball teams from the University of Connecticut and the University of Kentucky.


April 4, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) announced today the details of a friendly wager over the upcoming Final Four game between the women’s basketball teams from Stanford University and the University of Connecticut.


April 4, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC - Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) announced a friendly wager on Saturday’s NCAA Final Four Semifinal contest between the UConn Huskies and the University of Florida Gators men’s basketball teams.


April 2, 2014

WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement after the House approved two bills authorizing U.S. support for Ukraine’s reform government:


March 18, 2014
​When Howard Lunt arrived home from the Korean War in 1953, there wasn’t much fanfare. There were no parades or triumphant bands waiting to cheer him on. Nor did he receive any medals for his service for fighting along the 38th parallel — his military record likely lost amid the winding down of the war that claimed the lives of more than 30,000 Americans. That changed Monday when Lunt, 82, was presented with five medals honoring him for his service during the conflict that many, including Lunt, describe as the “forgotten war.”

March 17, 2014

WASHINGTON—After appearing with President Obama at Central Connecticut State University to promote an increase in the federal minimum wage, Congressman Joe Courtney noted that recent reports from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and the

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March 14, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC –Congressman Joe Courtney today encouraged eastern Connecticut’s aspiring young artists to participate in the 2014 Congressional Art Competition.