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Joe Courtney's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

77 Hazard Avenue
Unit J
Enfield, CT 06082

55 Main Street, Suite 250
Norwich, CT 06360

2449 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Full Name:

Joseph 'Joe' D. Courtney

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Audrey; 2 Children: Robert, Elizabeth

Birth Date:

04/06/1953

Birth Place:

West Hartford, CT

Home City:

Vernon, CT

Religion:

Catholic

JD, University of Connecticut School of Law, 1978

BA, Tufts University, 1975

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 2, 2007-present

Former Member, House Committee on Education and Labor

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 2, 2022

Candidate, Lieutenant Governor, State of Connecticut, 1998

Assembly Member, Connecticut General Assembly, District 56, 1987-1994

Member, Armed Services Committee, United States House of Representatives, present

Co-Chair, Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus, present

Member, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives, present

Co-Chair, Primary Care Caucus, present

Chairperson, Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives, present

Former Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Former Co-Chair, Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus

Senior Member, Education and the Workforce Committee, United States House of Representatives

Member, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, House Agriculture Committee, United States Congress

Former Member, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness

Former Member, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness

Former House Chair, Public Health Committee

Former Member, Readiness Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, United States House of Representatives

Partner, Courtney, Boyan and Foran, Limited Liability Company

Partner, Flaherty, Meisler and Courtney Limited Liability Company

Town Attorney, Town of Vernon

Assistant Public Defender, Rockville Superior Court, 1978-1981

No organizational membership information on file.

Awards:

2010 Health Care Hero Award, Patient Advocate Foundation; 2009 Legislator of the Year Award, Connecticut Veterans of Foreign Wars; 1994 Most Conscientious, Connecticut Magazine; 1994 Democrat Most Admired by Republicans, Connecticut Magazine; Meritorious Service Award, Connecticut National Guard; Distinguished Public Service Award, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus; Golden Triangle Award, National Farmers' Union; Friend of the Farm Bureau, American Farm Bureau;' Legislator of the Year Award, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers

Spouse's Occupation:

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

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