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June 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) and 28 other Members of Congress in New England and Hawaii released a bicameral statement in response to United States Department of Agriculture (UDSA) Secretary Brooke Rollins illegally restricting relief funding to small and mid-sized family farms in New England, Alaska, and Hawaii:

Issues: Agriculture

May 27, 2025

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and House Education & Workforce Committee, issued the following statement after Electric Boat workers a part of the Marine Draftsmen Association (MDA-UAW) overwhelmingly agreed to a new five-year union


May 23, 2025

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior Member of the Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following statement.

Issues: Education

May 23, 2025

NORWICH, CT ­– This week, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan package (H.R. 672) which included Rep. Joe Courtney’s (CT-02) provision to mandate a single zip-code for the town of Scotland, Connecticut.

Scotland has 600-plus residencies, but six zip-codes, leading to misplaced packages, difficulty requesting mail-in ballots, and uncertainty about where to send students to school. 


May 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – This morning, following six-hours of overnight debate on the House Floor, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after voting NO on the House GOP’s partisan 10-year budget bill:   


May 19, 2025

VATICAN CITY – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement after MDA-UAW Local 571 announced it reached a tentative agreement with Electric Boat.


May 18, 2025

VATICAN CITY – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after attending the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV alongside a bipartisan


May 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, after the GOP released key details of its budget bill, Rep.

Issues: Health Care