Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut
Responsibilities
Courtney chairs the House Armed Services Subcommittee that directs Navy and Marine Corps acquisition programs related to shipbuilding, ship-and submarine-launched weapons, and ammunition, as well as other maritime procurement programs.
The 17-member House panel also oversees procurement for Air Force bomber, tanker, and airlift aircraft, and Army programs connected to waterborne vessels, as well as maritime policy.
Legislative Committees/Caucuses
Member of the Education and Labor Committee; its Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions and Higher Education and Workforce Training subcommittees.
Co-chair of the Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus along with Rep. Rob Wittman of Virginia.
Founding co-chairman of the Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus.
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Paul McLeary on March 04, 2021 at 3:05 PM
Navy test of a Trident Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM)
WASHINGTON: President Biden’s nominee to run the Pentagon policy office received a rough ride from Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee today over old anti-Trump tweets, the Iran deal, and nuclear modernization.
Several Republicans sought assurance that the Biden administration planned to fund the modernization of the nuclear triad’s air, land and sea-based nuclear missiles, particularly the aging Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), the replacement for the decades-old Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
Kahl said he supported the effort to modernize the entire triad, though he said he would have to read the classified assessments of the GBSD program should he be confirmed before he could give a complete answer.
Pentagon budget must prioritize Navy, Air Force and cyber, lawmakers say February 22
Two sea power advocates in Congress are making the case to grow the Navy s budget, along with the Air Force and cyber capabilities, at the expense of the other services. (U.S. Navy via Huntington Ingalls Industries) WASHINGTON The U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and cyberwarfare must start taking a larger share of the defense budget if the U.S. is going to compete with China, two sea power advocates in Congress said last week. Speaking at a recent Hudson Institute virtual event, House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Chairman Joe Courtney, D-Conn., said the Pentagon is at an “inflection point” over whether the Navy, Air Force and cyber “are going to take a larger portion of the pie chart” when the fiscal 2022 budget is released this spring.
Pentagon budget must prioritize Navy, Air Force and cyber, lawmakers say February 22 Two sea power advocates in Congress are making the case to grow the Navy s budget, along with the Air Force and cyber capabilities, at the expense of the other services. (U.S. Navy via Huntington Ingalls Industries) WASHINGTON The U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and cyberwarfare must start taking a larger share of the defense budget if the U.S. is going to compete with China, two sea power advocates in Congress said last week. Speaking at a recent Hudson Institute virtual event, House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Chairman Joe Courtney, D-Conn., said the Pentagon is at an “inflection point” over whether the Navy, Air Force and cyber “are going to take a larger portion of the pie chart” when the fiscal 2022 budget is released this spring.