Washington, July 22 -- Congressman Joe Courtney issued the following press release:

Today, Congress Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the House passed the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act. After Republican leaders allowed partisan poison pill amendments to be added to the NDAA, Courtney voted "no" on initial House-passage of the FY27 NDAA. To watch Courtney's floor speech urging against partisan poison amendments, click here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QCDvE7WbPyNzkWKl1ubl8pMASZNNdKOd/view). In June, following months of bipartisan work with his colleagues on the Armed Services Committee and the Seapower and Projection Forces Subco...