Joe Courtney

Bills Joe Courtney Sponsored

• MAGNET Act (H.R. 10427, In Committee)
• Safeguarding Taxpayer Investment for Executive Airlift Act of 2026 (H.R. 10360, In Committee)
• Strengthening Coast Guard Communities Act of 2026 (H.R. 10308, In Committee)
• CLINIC Assistance Act (H.R. 9735, In Committee)
• Job Corps and Skilled Defense Workforce Act (H.R. 8925, In Committee)
• Recognizing the significance of "Community College Month" in April as a celebration of more than 1,000 institutions throughout the United States supporting access to higher education, workforce training, and more, broadly sustaining and advancing the Nation's economic prosperity. (H.Res. 1209, Introduced)
• Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program". (H.J.Res. 155, In Committee)
• Student Loan Interest Elimination Act (H.R. 8045, In Committee)
• Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025 (H.R. 3954, In Committee)
• Protecting America’s Workers Act (H.R. 3036, In Committee)
• Recognizing the significance of "Community College Month" in April 2025 as a celebration of the more than 1,000 community colleges throughout the United States that support access to higher education, workforce training, and more, and broadly sustain and advance the economic prosperity of the United States. (H.Res. 340, Introduced)
• SERVICE Act (H.R. 2829, In Committee)

Floor Speeches

Courtney spoke on the floor 33 times on 32 session days in the 119th Congress.

• House, September 14, 2026, 746 wordsFuture of Qatari Air Force One Plane

  On September 4, President Trump was asked about the future of the Qatari Air Force One plane, which, after a messy rollout in July, he flew on to Ireland this past weekend and said: ``I haven't made a decision, but it will probably go to the museum. It is scheduled to go to the museum.''

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• House, August 31, 2026, 875 wordsRemembering Nancy Wyman

  I rise today to share with the House the sad news of the loss of one of the State of Connecticut's finest public servants, former Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, of Tolland, Connecticut.

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• House, July 21, 2026, 155 wordsNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

  As ranking member of the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, I yield myself 2\1/4\ minutes.

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• House, July 21, 2026, 562 wordsNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

  As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the Education Committee, I represent a military district with about 7,000 sailors and officers. Many of those children use local schools which the Federal Government partially reimburses through the Impact Aid Program.

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• House, June 29, 2026, 615 wordsDiminished Access to Healthcare

  5 days from now, on July Fourth, our country will be celebrating its 250th birthday.

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• House, June 10, 2026, 38 wordsStopping Fraudulent Payments Act

  I was absent from the chamber during the vote on H.R. 8464. Had I recorded my vote, I would have voted ``Nay'' on Roll Call No. 220, passage of H.R. 8464, the Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act.

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• House, April 20, 2026, 808 wordsGroton, Connecticut: Submarine Capital of the World

  I rise to draw the attention of the House to another milestone in the extraordinary history of the Submarine Capital of the World, Groton, Connecticut, where this Saturday, USS Idaho (SSN-799) will be commissioned. Idaho is the 26th Virginia-class attack submarine delivered to the U.S. Navy, and the seventh such vessel built by the U.S. submarine industrial base in the last 4 years.

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• House, April 14, 2026, 840 wordsAsserting Congress' Constitutional Role

  This week, Congress will have an opportunity to assert its constitutional role when we vote for the second time on a War Powers Act resolution to force President Trump to seek legal authority for his unilateral military campaign in Iran.

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• House, March 24, 2026, 560 wordsMuhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act of 2026

  I rise today in opposition to H.R. 4624, which I also opposed in committee along with three other members who opposed the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act, a bill which radically amends the existing Muhammad Ali Act that was passed in 2000. That law established statutory protections for boxers from exploitative and unethical business practices.

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• House, March 16, 2026, 609 wordsNew Source of Energy for New England

  As this headline on the whiteboard proclaims, we in New England received welcomed news on Friday that, after years of hard work and massive investments by both the private sector and the government, a new, reliable source of energy for our electrical grid was officially turned on.

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Connecticut in Congress →

• Richard Blumenthal (D, Senate)
• Christopher Murphy (D, Senate)
• Rosa L. DeLauro (D, House)
• Jahana Hayes (D, House)
• James A. Himes (D, House)
• John B. Larson (D, House)

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