119th Congress
The cost of health care is the biggest single drain on Americans' budgets. If Congress does not act, health care premiums will skyrocket for millions of Americans nationwide due to the expiration of longstanding Affordable Care Act tax credits. I am working to prevent this through a bipartisan compromise in Congress.
I know that due to increasing costs, people will be forced to make difficult decisions about health care for themselves and their families.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) requested that the U.S. House of Representatives’ Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) withhold his salary for the duration of the government shutdown, which began at 12:01am ET on October 1st, 2025. Courtney has withheld his pay during every government shutdown since he was elected to serve as a Member of Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the follow statement on the impending government shutdown:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Friends of Australia Caucus, Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, and Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chair Emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement marking the success of AUKUS export control reforms.
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.
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.