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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, was today appointed to the conference committee for the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes expenditures for the Department of Defense for the upcoming fiscal year 2020. The bill contains billions of dollars of investments and key defense priorities for eastern Connecticut and the state.

VERNON, CT – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Management Agency has awarded a federal grant of more than $415,000 to the New London Fire Department. The new federal funding will support vehicle rescue training for New London firefighters, as well as new equipment including power stretchers and ambulance lift systems for New London's fire stations.

VERNON, CT – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement on the Trump Administration's decision to transfer $3.6 billion from military construction funds to pay for President Trump's border wall:

Vernon, CT – Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) today announced a host of federal grant awards totaling over $100,000 that are bound for projects throughout eastern Connecticut. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development has today provided four grant awards to three eastern Connecticut towns: Putnam will receive a federal grant award of $22,200; Thompson has been approved to receive a federal grant award of $26,500, as well as a second award of $5,200; and Willimantic will receive a federal grant award of $49,900.

VERNON, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) welcomed the announcement by Eversource that the company has reconsidered its practice of charging homeowners to reactivate gas lines before moving back into their homes following repairs related to crumbling concrete foundations: