119th Congress
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a speech on the House floor, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) celebrated the Revolution Wind offshore wind energy project’s first power delivery to New England’s energy grid, which
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement on the Revolution Wind offshore wind energy project delivering its first power to New England’s energy grid.
NORWICH, CT – Yesterday, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) visited two small businesses in northeastern Connecticut, Two Dogs Coffee in Danielson and Sadie’s Sweet Shop in Putnam, to discuss the increased costs they are facing and how they have been worsened by President Trump’s tariff policies. Courtney was accompanied by Elle-Jordyn Sherman, Executive Director of the Northeastern CT Chamber of Commerce, and Ms.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, sent a letter the U.S. Department of Defense calling on them to execute the long overdue multi-year contract for construction of up to eleven Block VI Virginia-class submarines. In 2023, Congress enacted authority in the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act for the Navy to award this contract to shipbuilders, with the expectation that it would move quickly to execution. Read Rep.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement after voting to pass H.Con.Res. 38, a war powers resolution to reassert Congress’ authority and end President Trump’s war in Iran. The resolution failed to pass by a vote of 212-219.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, pressed Under Secretary for Defense Policy Elbridge Colby on the Trump Administration’s decision to attack Iran just weeks after the Department of Defense’s National Defense Strategy document, published in January 2026, said “
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement:
In the 2026 federal budget process, my office and I worked alongside towns and non-profits in Connecticut’s Second District to secure funding for 15 local projects across our region.
From public safety to new housing development, job training, and early childhood education, these projects are excellent examples of targeted federal funding coming back to eastern Connecticut that will have wide-reaching benefits for our towns.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement: