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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded a new $14.5 million contracted awarded by the Department of Defense to Farmington-based KBE Building Corporation for the construction of a new commissary at SUBASE New London. The competitively-awarded contract is the latest in a string of upgrades at SUBASE New London, and comes on the heels of the April ribbon cutting for the new Pier 31.

WASHINGTON, DC – According to new data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in the first six months of 2012, eastern Connecticut seniors saved $3,005,849 on prescription drugs because of the Affordable Care Act. The number of beneficiaries receiving assistance as well as the total amount of assistance will continue to grow throughout the year as more eastern Connecticut seniors hit the donut hole.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after the United States Senate passed legislation to extend middle-class tax cuts and end Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy:

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney and the House of Representatives voted to pass the Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Appropriations Bill by a wide bipartisan margin of 326-90. The annual defense spending bill includes important priorities requested by the Second District lawmaker and the Connecticut delegation to Congress, including significant investments in southeastern Connecticut's defense industry and statewide defense programs.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) has secured a $10 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The competitive funding will be used by the eight Connecticut Transit Divisions and for the Southeast Area Transit district (SEAT) to replace fare boxes and associated equipment. Congressman Courtney wrote to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood supporting ConnDOT's application.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) has secured a $10 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The competitive funding will be used by the eight Connecticut Transit Divisions and for the Southeast Area Transit district (SEAT) to replace fare boxes and associated equipment. Congressman Courtney wrote to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood supporting ConnDOT's application.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded President Obama's nomination of Vice Adm. John Richardson to be the new director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. Richardson is currently serving as commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and commander, Allied Submarine Command, Norfolk, Va. He would replace Adm. Kirkland Donald.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after attending the signing ceremony at the White House for the multi-year Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill. Courtney was one of a select few lawmakers invited by President Obama to attend the ceremony. The law includes a provision first authored by Rep. Joe Courtney preventing the interest rate on subsidized Stafford student loans from doubling from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.