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September 11, 2025
“While thousands of Rhode Island and Connecticut union jobs hang in the balance and households continue to face high electricity costs, this Republican amendment would have forced the 80% complete Revolution Wind project to be unnecessarily re-reviewed by the Department of Defense, prolonging the Administration’s unjustified August 22nd halt work order," the lawmakers said.

September 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­– Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after the Connecticut Insurance Department announced that individual market rate premiums will increase by an average of 16.8% in 2026. 

Issues: Health Care

September 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­– Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement after House passage of the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act.


September 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, urged his colleagues to oppose an amendment to the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which would require President Trump’s Department of Defense to certify all offshore wind projects in the North and Mid-Atlantic within 90 days of the bill’s passage, including offshore wind projects already reviewed by the Department of Defense.


September 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­– Today, in a speech on the House floor, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) called on the Trump Administration to quickly lift its halt work order the Revolution Wind offshore wind energy project. Despite pressure from Rep.


August 29, 2025

NORWICH, CT ­– This week, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, sent a letter to Acting Director of Bureau of Ocean Energy Man


August 23, 2025

NORWICH, CT ­– Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s order to halt the Revolution Wind offshore wind project:


July 23, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, which includes a Safe-to-Report policy that Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) has worked for years to make law. The Safe-to-Report policy would protect Coast Guard personnel and Coast Guard Academy cadets from punishment for minor offenses when reporting an incident of sexual assault.