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Courtney convenes local businesses, freight rail providers to address high shipping costs

March 6, 2015

NORWICH—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Export Assistance Center in Middletown brought together representatives from Genesee and Wyoming and Providence and Worcester Railroad along with a dozen eastern Connecticut companies and economic development officials from the region to discuss ways to integrate freight rail into the firm’s business strategies.

Ranking Member Courtney’s Opening Remarks For Seapower And Projection Forces Subcommittee Hearing On The Air Force Projection Forces Aviation Programs and Capabilities for Fiscal Year 2016

March 4, 2015

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Thank you Mr. Chairman.

Today’s hearing is a look at an important but perhaps overlooked element of our subcommittee’s jurisdiction. The witnesses from the Air Force will provide important insight into the budget request as it relates to “projection forces,” and I look forward to their testimony.

Issues: Defense & National Security Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee

Courtney Statement on Passage of Full Year DHS Funding

March 3, 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Senate’s bill to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the 2015 fiscal year:

“Speaker Boehner and House Republican leadership hopefully learned an important lesson today: the American people will not tolerate the hostage-taking strategies extremists in the House Republican caucus have repeatedly employed over the last four years to advance policies they cannot enact through regular order.

Issues: Defense & National Security

Courtney Statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu Address

March 3, 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress:

“I attended today’s Joint Address by Prime Minister Netanyahu, because my unyielding support for the partnership between the United States and the State of Israel trumps the misguided, partisan process which led to today’s speech. Nonetheless, the friendship and alliance between the United States and Israel transcends political parties and partisan political gamesmanship.

Issues: Defense & National Security

Courtney Calls on Speaker Boehner to End Shutdown Games

February 27, 2015

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Washington, D.C.—Moments ago, the Senate passed a “clean” full-year appropriations bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, sending the legislation to the House.

Despite this bipartisan effort in the Senate, House Republicans announced that they would refuse to pass this full-year appropriations bill to fund DHS, and instead bring up a bill to pass a three week stopgap funding measure, with no plan in place to move forward with a full appropriations bill within that time frame.

Issues: Defense & National Security

New data shows Affordable Care Act saved eastern Connecticut seniors more than $15 million on prescription drugs in 2014

February 25, 2015

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Total yearly savings grew by more than $500,000 over 2013 total

Issues: Health Care Seniors and Retirement Security

Ranking Member Courtney’s Opening Remarks For Seapower And Projection Forces Subcommittee Hearing On The FY16 Navy Budget Request for Seapower and Projection Forces

February 25, 2015

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is my first public hearing as ranking member, and I am looking forward to working with you and our colleagues on the panel to continue the bipartisan and hands-on tradition of this subcommittee.

In addition to welcoming our returning members back to the subcommittee, I would like to highlight three new members on our side of the aisle who I think will make excellent contributions to our work this session: Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, Gwen Graham of Florida, and Seth Moulton of Massachusetts.

Issues: Defense & National Security Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee

Courtney Decries Hyper-Partisan Republican Markup of ‘No Child Left Behind' Replacement

February 13, 2015

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While House Republicans shut colleagues, experts, and advocates out of the process, Courtney pushes STEM investments

Issues: Education

Courtney Statement on President Obama Signing Clay Hunt SAV Act into Law

February 12, 2015

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WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) joined President Obama and congressional colleagues at the White House to mark the enactment of the Clay Hunt SAV Act, a bill Courtney cosponsored, which will expand access to mental health services for military veterans.

“The well-being of the men and women who have served our country is of central importance to my work as the representative for the thousands of military veterans who call eastern Connecticut home.

Issues: Veterans & Military Personnel

Courtney: Connecticut Dairy Farms Benefitting from New Program

February 6, 2015

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NORWICH, CT—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Bryan Hurlburt, State Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency, visited Bahler Farms in Ellington to highlight the high enrollment rate in the new Dairy Margin Protection Program among dairy farms in Connecticut.

“The new Dairy Margin Protection Program—which I supported during the crafting of the 2014 Farm Bill—provides flexible insurance coverage for our region’s dairy farms when prices dip,” Courtney said.

Issues: Economy & Jobs

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