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119th Congress

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

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May 12, 2025

NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s reported plan to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from Qatar and use it as Air Force One.


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May 1, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­– Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), a senior Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, introduced the Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. 


April 30, 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 the U.S.


April 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at the Education and Workforce meeting on the budget bill, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the Committee, fought back against the GOP’s plan to cut eligibility for the bipartisan Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program and the Pell Grant. 

Issues: Education

April 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in the House Armed Services Committee meeting, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior Member of the Committee, introduced an amendment to the reconciliation bill (H. Con. Res. 14) to ensure Elon Musk’s DOGE does not impact U.S. military readiness.


Rep. Courtney has submitted the following funding requests for important projects in Connecticut's Second District to the House Appropriations Committee. 

Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Representative may request funding for up to 15 projects in their community for fiscal year 2026 – although fewer may actually be funded. Projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities are permitted to receive funding. 


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April 25, 2025

Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and Reps. John B.