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NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney, Co-Chair of the Friends of Australia Caucus, has been appointed by the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia as an Honorary Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO). Honorary awards and appointments in the Order of Australia are made to individuals who are not Australian citizens, formally recognizing extraordinary service to Australia. 

NORWICH, CT – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) today applauded a major milestone for homeowners facing the crumbling foundation crisis. On Friday, the Connecticut Foundation Solutions Indemnity Company (CFSIC) announced that it has served over 1000 homeowners.

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the U.S.

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after sending a letter with 62 of his colleagues to Speaker Johnson calling on him to reconvene the U.S. House to pass additional disaster relief funding.

NORWICH, CT -- Today, Rep. Joe Courtney celebrated a $3.1 million federal grant he helped secure for the City of Norwich to remove lead paint from low-income homes with children. The announcement comes after Rep. Courtney led the effort with Sens.

NORWICH, CT – Rep. Joe Courtney sat down with the family of a freed Israeli-American hostage with ties to Connecticut to mark the first anniversary since Hamas’ brutal terrorist attack.

“My cousin Yehuda called me and said my ‘daughter has been taken to Gaza [by Hamas].’ He called me Sunday, October 8 and I immediately called Joe Courtney,” Jerry Fischer of Waterford, Connecticut said. “He got the wheels rolling.”

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after the Navy released $376,788,600 to Electric Boat to advance the Virginia class submarine program. As then-Chairman and now Ranking Member of the Seapower Subcommittee, Courtney authorized this funding through the FY21 through FY24 National Defense Authorization Acts.

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), the Co-Chair of the Friends of Australia Caucus, issued the following statement after the Right Honourable John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom hosted the Honourable Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia and the Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense, United States (U.S.) at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London, the United Kingdom (UK) to review progress in and reaffirm their commitment to the AUKUS partnership.