U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney of the 2nd District has demonstrated that he is a man of highest integrity and intelligence who works tirelessly to maintain and improve those programs necessary to the welfare of state and nation.

The economy of Connecticut is benefiting from his ability to bring funding to submarine production, by his leadership in extending the Homebuyers Tax Credit bill, and from his support for funding clean energy technologies, which bring additional jobs. Benefiting all Americans is his support of legislation to grow small business and extend the middle-class tax cuts. His footprint can be found on positive educational and environmental legislation. He worked persistently to craft a realistic healthcare reform bill and to address the special healthcare needs of the elderly and veterans.

He has been there when called upon by countless numbers of constituents for assistance in dealing with bureaucratic misunderstandings and delays. He really cares.

We need an experienced, level-headed, reliable, balanced thinker and an intelligent doer like Joe Courtney to continue to represent us. Re-elect Joe Courtney in November.