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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.
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.
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. As Members of Congress who represent the Stanford University Cardinal and the University of Connecticut Huskies, and passionate fans of their hometown teams, they are competing for bragging rights.
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.
Congressman Joe Courtney, a UConn Law School graduate, represents Storrs, Connecticut which is home to the UConn Huskies and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a proud University of Florida graduate.
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:
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 Center for American Progress indicate that raising the minimum wage would decrease federal spending
WASHINGTON, DC –Congressman Joe Courtney today encouraged eastern Connecticut’s aspiring young artists to participate in the 2014 Congressional Art Competition. The competition is open to high school students only, grades 9 through 12, and the winner will be selected at the District Art Show and Competition on Thursday, May 1st. The winner of that competition will have his or her work featured in the United States Capitol along with art from all 435 Congressional Districts.
WASHINGTON—Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement congratulating Connecticut senior Senator Richard Blumenthal on his new chairmanship of the Senate Armed Services Airland Subcommittee:
WASHINGTON—Today, after the House approved H.R. 3370, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2)—a cosponsor of the bill—released the following statement:
“Over the last six months, I have spoken to eastern Connecticut realtors and homebuilders about the critical need for this law. The skyrocketing rate increases that have occurred in the last year will effectively lock up our state’s real estate market in flood zones, hampering our economic recovery.