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NORWICH, CT – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney alongside the Connecticut Congressional delegation and state leaders announced the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Amtrak an $826,645,100 grant to support the replacement of the 116-year-old Connecticut River Bridge between Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, Connecticut. The funding will allow Amtrak to build a modern and resilient new moveable bridge immediately south of the existing structure. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement after Brooklyn resident and visiting nurse Joyce Grayson was murdered on the job while performing an at-home visit in Willimantic.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after his meeting yesterday with Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Richard Marles, and Chief of the Royal Australian Navy, Mark Hammond. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement on Speaker Johnson’s proposed supplemental funding bill for Israel.

NORWICH, CT - Today, Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-02), John B. Larson (CT-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Becca Balint (VT-AL) applauded President Biden for heeding their calls to deliver emergency relief to help northeast farmers recover from devastating crop damage and loss they faced due to severe frost and flooding earlier this year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Friends of Australia Caucus, led by Reps. Joe Courtney and Mike Gallagher, and Sens. Dan Sullivan and Dick Durbin, hosted Prime Minister Albanese of Australia for a breakfast meeting with House and Senate Committee leaders on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs. This was an opportunity for top Congressional leaders with jurisdiction over different parts of the AUKUS mission to have a dialogue with the Prime Minister on efforts to execute the trilateral security agreement.  

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