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WASHINGTON, DC — The Connecticut Congressional Delegation responded today to the joint Federal Energy Regulatory Commission/North America Electric Reliability Corporation report into the causes and unacceptable response of Connecticut Light & Power and its parent company, Northeast Utilities, to last October's snowstorm that left more than two million households without power, including over 850,000 in Connecticut. The delegation called for the investigation last year.
WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Joe Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal and Congressman Joe Courtney today applauded the announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the Town of Preston secured $800,000 in competitive grants to assess and clean up brownfield sites at the former Norwich Hospital property on Route 12. A $200,000 assessment grant will be used to investigate hazardous substances in soils and building materials and to develop cleanup plans and support community involvement activities.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that New London-based LifePharms secured a $299,998 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). LifePharms will use the competitive grant funding to research and develop compounds to fight drug-resistant fungi.
Bill includes measures secured by Courtney to extend doubled submarine production through 2018, protect EB engineering, design, building jobs
HARTFORD - U.S. Representatives Chris Murphy, Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney, and Karen Jarmoc from the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, today joined a survivor of domestic violence to highlight alarming domestic violence statistics in Connecticut and called for immediate action to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act.
Bill includes measure secured by Courtney to extend doubled submarine production through 2018, raises troop pay, funds Pratt & Whitney's F-35 engine, rejects efforts to eliminate C-27 program
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today joined with U.S. Reps. Joe Heck, D.O. (R-NV) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) to introduce bipartisan legislation to permanently repeal the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and set out a clear path toward comprehensive reforms of Medicare payment and delivery systems.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney today released the following statement after Senate Republicans filibustered legislation that would prevent interest rates on subsidized Stafford student loans from doubling on July 1:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement on the anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden and the signing of the Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement between the United States and Afghanistan: