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WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after voting for bipartisan legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff and sequestration. The House passed the legislation by a vote of 257-167.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney and the House of Representatives today passed the FY13 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), bolstering eastern Connecticut's industrial base. The bill includes measures drafted by Rep.

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Joe Courtney today announced two significant contracts awarded by the Navy to Groton-based Electric Boat that provide stability to the region's workforce as we near the fiscal cliff. The two contracts are a major design contract for the Ohio Class Replacement and a construction contract for the next two Virginia Class submarines in 2013.

Bill includes measures secured by Courtney to extend doubled submarine production through 2018, protect EB engineering, design, building jobs

WASHINGTON, DC — This evening, U.S. Representatives Chris Murphy, Rosa DeLauro, John Larson, Joe Courtney, and Jim Himes will introduce a resolution in the House of Representatives condemning Friday's horrific attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School, memorializing the 26 victims, and expressing support and prayers for the victims' families, the faculty and staff, the heroic first responders who rushed to the scene to prevent further loss of life, and the entire Newtown community.

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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement on the death of Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii:

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressmen Joe Courtney (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), and 88 House Democrats urged President Obama to reject House Republican efforts to raise the Medicare eligibility age during ongoing debt negotiations.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that, since the beginning of 2011, his office has helped return $2,663,528 to eastern Connecticut citizens who were owed Social Security checks, veterans' benefits, tax refunds and other payments from the federal government. Since Courtney's arrival in Congress in 2007, his casework staff has helped thousands of constituents cut through bureaucratic red tape and work with government agencies.