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WASHINGTON, DC – The House of Representatives adjourned today without enacting legislation to prevent subsidized Stafford student loan interest rates from doubling from 3.4% to 6.8% before the July 1st deadline. Congressman Joe Courtney, who authored legislation that would have locked in the current low interest rate for a period of two years, made the following statement on the House floor following the last votes until the House returns on July 8:
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Congressman Joe Courtney today opposed the 2014 Farm Bill, which was rejected by the House by a vote of 195-234.
Please join me on Monday, June 24 at Windham Middle School, where I will be hosting a health care town hall meeting for Second Congressional District residents. Joining me will be Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman and Kevin Counihan, CEO of Connecticut's health insurance exchange, Access Health CT. With the Affordable Care Act's commitment to expand health coverage, to increase preventative care, and to strengthen care for seniors under Medicare, it will be a good opportunity to discuss the new health care law on the verge of its rollout.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney and the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1960), by a vote of 315-108. The bill fully supports continued investment in programs critical to Connecticut's economy and industrial base. Among its provisions, which are detailed below, the bill supports continued two-a-year production of Virginia Class Submarines, ongoing development of the Ohio Replacement Program (ORP) and denies a request for a new base closing round.
WASHINGTON, DC — With less than 10 legislative days to act before student loan interest rates double for more than 7 million students and families, Congressman Joe Courtney today filed a procedural motion to force an up-or-down vote in the House to provide student debt relief to millions of student loan borrowers.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today issued the following statement:
"I have serious concerns about the telephone and internet surveillance programs recently revealed in the media. As someone who has repeatedly opposed legislation to expand the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the long-term extension of the USA PATRIOT Act because of my concerns about the scale of government surveillance efforts and the need for increased oversight, I am troubled about the scope of these activities.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) today released the following statement in approval of the Obama Administration's endorsement of capping the Subsidized Stafford Student Loan interest rate for a period of two years:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Courtney and the House Armed Services Committee late last night passed the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1960), which supports continued investment in programs critical to Connecticut's economy and industrial base. Among its provisions, which are detailed below, the bill supports continued two-a-year production of Virginia Class Submarines, ongoing development of the Ohio Replacement Program (ORP) and denies a request for a new base closing round.