Joe Courtney

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up at the national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee

President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while eliminating all the members of a key aviation security advisory group.
January 21
FILE - Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., speaks with The Associated Press about his new role on the House Intelligence Committee, in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democratic lawmakers from Connecticut report Thanksgiving bomb threats against their homes

November 29, 2024
Crew members line up along the USS Oregon during the submarine's commissioning ceremony Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Groton, Conn. The newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine, which can dive to depths greater than 800 feet (240 meters), was originally christened in 2019. But the COVID-19 pandemic created some “slips in schedule” for the crew, said Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., whose district includes General Dynamics Corp.'s Electric Boat Shipyard where the 377-foot (115-meter) submarine was constructed. (Daniel Passapera/The Day via AP)

USS Oregon officially joins Navy fleet after pandemic delays

May 29, 2022
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, right, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, second from right, tour the Millstone Nuclear Power Station in Waterford, Conn., Friday, May 20, 2022. They are both working to change how spent nuclear fuel is stored nationwide to solve a decades long stalemate. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)

Energy secretary: We must find a solution for nuclear waste

May 20, 2022
A volunteer holds a sticker to give to a voter at Domus Kids, Inc. polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Stamford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Connecticut Democrats complete sweep of US House races

November 4, 2020

More News

AP Race Call: Democrat Joe Courtney wins reelection to U.S. House in Connecticut’s 2nd Congressional District

November 6, 2024

Construction set to begin on first US Coast Guard Museum

August 19, 2022

Maine rep joins push to strengthen ties with Iceland

January 22, 2022
Volunteers work on counting absentee ballots at the council chambers inside the Wallingford Town Hall on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Wallingford, Conn. (Aaron Flaum /Record-Journal via AP)

Larson and Himes win reelection as vote count continues

November 4, 2020
FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, file photo, with the Capitol Dome in the background, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

New England colleagues react to death of US Rep. John Lewis

July 18, 2020

Courtney, Hayes add their support to impeachment

December 13, 2019

Majority of Connecticut House members back impeachment

December 10, 2019

Conn. lawmakers, Malloy administration wrangle over adding telemedicine to HUSKY

November 20, 2018

Once Pelosi loyalists, some CT Dems now weighing support for her leadership

November 14, 2018

Courtney endorses Lamont for governor at Groton event

July 9, 2018

Connecticut congressional delegation heading to US border

June 21, 2018

Courtney says country’s mood conducive for action on gun violence

February 27, 2018

Connecticut students appointed to military academies

June 15, 2017

Members of Congress seek more input on food rules

November 25, 2013