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      <excerpt>...Sen. John McCain, Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, Republican Rep. Tom Petri of Wisconsin and Democratic Rep. Joe Courtney of Connecticut. &quot;Right now our country is grappling with an aging teaching workforce,&quot; Matsui said. &quot;And we have a definit</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...most vulnerable school districts and impact our communities.&#8234;&#8234; On Tuesday, I was honored to join my colleagues &#8211; Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Tom Petri (R-WI) and Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) &#8211; to introduce th</excerpt>
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      <title>Troops to Teachers: Allowing our veterans to serve again&#8234;&#8234; (Rep. Doris Matsui)</title>
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      <excerpt>...National Commander Clarence E. Hill wrote in letters to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Sen.  Michael Bennet, D-Colo.; Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn.; and Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wis. &#8220;We are pleased your bill seeks to make the Troops to Teachers program more access</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...JCT analysis confirms what has been obvious since the unveiling of this ill-advised excise tax on health benefits,&quot; said Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., on Oct. 20. &quot;Which is that a tax on insurers of high-cost plans is without question a tax hike on workin</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>From NBC's Kelly Paice
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      <excerpt>I find it hilarious that Congressman Joe Courtney, US representative from the second district of Connecticut, will not accept e-mails from Connecticut ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>838 include Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Henry Brown, Jr. (R-SC), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Department of Agriculture appropriations bill. There is no word on how much of that will end up in Connecticut, but U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, said he hopes it will be used to boost the national milk subsidy program. The bill was signed int</excerpt>
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