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May 13, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after U.S.


May 10, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today visited with Donovan Kelleher, a senior at Norwich Free Academy, who won this year's Congressional Arts Competition.


May 9, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that Renaissance City Development Association in New London and Willimantic Whitewater Partnership secured grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for $400,000 and $200,000, respectively, to clean up local brownfield sites.


May 8, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today pushed the full House of Representatives to immediately consider his legislation, The Student Loan Relief Act, H.R. 1595, to prevent the interest rate in subsidized Stafford student loans from doubling for two years.


May 8, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that the Town of Plainfield secured a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to complete the environmental assessment of the former InterRoyal site. In January, Congressman Courtney wrote to the EPA in support of the Town's grant application, saying, in part:


May 7, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney introduced legislation yesterday to renew the Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program, a program designed to bolster the number of pediatric mental health providers, a critical area of need. The Pediatric Subspecialty and Mental Health Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2013, H.R. 1827, would reauthorize Sec.


May 1, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced two federal grants for eastern Connecticut fire departments: the Muddy Brook Fire Department in East Woodstock secured $157,415, and the Williamsville Fire Engine Company in Killingly secured $23,750. Both grants are through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program.


April 26, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after he and the House of Representatives voted to shift Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funds to prevent the furlough of air traffic controllers:


April 19, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after law enforcement apprehended Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Watertown, Mass:


April 18, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) today released the following statement after the United States Senate failed to clear a procedural hurdle on bipartisan legislation to strengthen background checks for gun purchases: