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February 17, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) rejection of Rhode Island's request to levy tolls on I-95 traffic just across the border from North Stonington.


February 13, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that his Norwich district office will be relocating to nearby office space at the Mercantile Exchange Building – 55 Main St. – in Norwich.


February 13, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC - Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) – members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, respectively – today released the following statement after the announcement of the President's budget request and Future Years Defense Program.


February 10, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after the White House announced a new policy regarding contraceptive coverage.


February 8, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that Groton's Poquonnock Bridge Fire Department secured a $748,896 grant through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program.


February 3, 2012
Op-Ed
​Education should not be the province of the lucky few, but the right of every American with skill and determination. Given the opportunity to better themselves through higher education, individuals can provide for their families and strengthen our nation.

February 3, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – According to new data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), eastern Connecticut seniors saved $ 5,001,408 on prescription drugs in 2011 as a result of the Affordable Care Act.


February 1, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that the Old Mystic Fire Department secured a $216,154 grant through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program. The funding will be used to for an apparatus bay exhaust ventilation system and a second training trailer for confined-space and technical rescue training.


January 26, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Joe Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal and Congressman Joe Courtney – members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, respectively – today released the following statement after Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta indicated that the President would request a new round of military Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC):


January 25, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today introduced legislation, H.R. 3826, to ensure that interest rates on certain student loans do not dramatically increase this year.