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WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) announced that a new report issued by the Commission on Long-Term Care recommends steps to protect access to skilled nursing care for Medicare beneficiaries—an objective that legislation authored by Courtney would achieve. The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (H.R. 1179) would address an issue that affects thousands of Medicare beneficiaries every year.

WASHINGTON—Yesterday, during the first day of the federal government shutdown insisted upon by House Republicans, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) took two actions to help address the impact of a government shutdown on eastern Connecticut’s hardworking federal workers. First, Courtney co-sponsored H.R. 3223, the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, sponsored by Rep. Jim Moran (VA-8). Along with a growing bipartisan group of members, Courtney is supporting a policy that would mirror the retroactive pay provisions that followed the 1995 government shutdown.

WASHINGTON—Tonight, after House Republicans again insisted on including poison-pill amendments to the Continuing Resolution needed to avert a government shutdown, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement:

WASHINGTON—Today, after House Republicans passed a continuing resolution including a poison pill amendment to delay implementation of the Affordable Care Act for a year, a measure that all but guarantees a government shutdown, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement after voting against the bill:

WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) joined a bipartisan coalition of 80 members of the House in sending a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chair Alison Macfarlane to urge the NRC to pursue completion of safety evaluation reports for the proposed nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.