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WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-2) announced that Ayanti Grant and Maria Costigan have been promoted to Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff, respectively, after his longtime aide and Chief, Neil McKiernan, departed to purse an opportunity in the private sector at the end of September.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Saturday, Congress passed a bipartisan stop-gap measure that not only averted a catastrophic shutdown, but also included $621 million to continue construction on the USS Wisconsin, a Columbia-class submarine.
On Sept. 1, interest began to accumulate for federal student loans again, marking an unwelcome milestone for family budgets.
Since March 2020, when the COVID CARES Act passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, student loan payments—both on the principal and on the interest—have been suspended for approximately 43 million student loan borrowers across the country. The CARES Act’s “payment pause” was extended numerous times by former president Trump and then President Biden over the ensuing three and a half years.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement to mark the delivery of the EMPIRE STATE, a National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV), to SUNY Maritime College. The EMPIRE is the first of five ships to be delivered as part of the NSMV program, which was authorized in 2016 by the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee under Ranking Member Courtney’s leadership.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education announced Groton’s Marine Science Magnet High School and Vernon’s Skinner Road School as 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement to celebrate the ribbon cutting ceremony of the Miracle League Field of Northern Connecticut—a project made possible in part by a $175,000 federal grant from the American Rescue Plan. The Office of Congressman Courtney presented the Miracle League Field of Northern Connecticut with a U.S. flag during today’s ribbon cutting ceremony.
NORWICH, CT - Last week, Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-03) and Nick LaLota (NY-01) , Co-Chairs of the Long Island Sound Caucus, introduced the bipartisan