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March 26, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney on FRIDAY, March 30, from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. will participate in the Mansfield Job Fair, which he coordinated with the Eastern Workforce Investment Board (EWIB), CT Works, the Chronicle Newspaper, Quinebaug Valley Community College, the Northeastern Chamber of Commerce and the Windham Chamber of Commerce. Rep.


March 26, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Richard Blumenthal and Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded more than $2 million in grant awards from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to combat lead paint and other home health hazards in Norwich.


March 22, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Readiness and Management Support subcommittee, after she rejected the Defense Departments proposal for a new Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round.


March 9, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Joe Courtney and Senators Joseph Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal announced the awarding of two USDA Rural Development grants to the town of Sprague.


March 8, 2012
Op-Ed
As Congress gears up for the 2012 Farm Bill reauthorization, America’s dairy farmers need particular attention to safeguard their livelihood. Coming off recent catastrophic lows, we must reform our nation’s dairy programs so that prices are fair to farmers and reasonable to consumers.

March 7, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-LA) today sent a bipartisan letter to the House Budget Committee requesting full allocation of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) receipts to remedy maintenance problems facing our nation's ports and harbors. The Congressmen also issued the following statements:


March 6, 2012

DoD Inspector General report shows mismanagement of effort to set aside contracts for companies owned by disabled veterans


February 27, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney has written to the commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), urging them to undertake overdue action to implement rules that will reduce the influence of speculators in the energy market and rein in escalating gas prices.


February 24, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Joe Courtney (CT-2) praised the award of two grants to Connecticut from the United States Department of Labor for technical skills training. The Workforce Alliance, Inc. in New Haven received a $4.97 million grant and the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board, Inc.