Who’s Who in Defense: Joe Courtney, Chairman, HASC Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee
Chairman—House Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
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.
- Co-chair of the Primary Care Caucus.
- First congressman from Connecticut to chair a naval oversight panel in the House since 1873.
Political/Professional Career
- Elected to Congress in 2006, 2nd Congressional District.
- Served in the Connecticut General Assembly (1987 to 1994).
- Town attorney in Vernon, Conn. (2003 to 2006).
- A partner in Courtney, Boyan & Foran, a law firm in Vernon (1978-2006).
- Up for re-election in 2022.
Background
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law – 1978.
- Tufts University, B.A. – 1975.
Personal
- Joseph Darren Courtney was born April 6, 1953, in Hartford, CT. Married to Audrey Courtney, a nurse practitioner. They have two children and live in Vernon.