From the New London Day:

"Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, was named Tuesday to the House Education and Labor Committee, after a campaign in which he repeatedly criticized the Republican Party's policies on school funding and student aid. . . .
Courtney's position on the education committee will put him in the midst of a brewing debate over the proposed reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, he said Tuesday in an interview in his office on Capitol Hill. . . .

Courtney had earlier been appointed to the House Armed Services Committee, a position that will put him nearer to the spotlight Thursday, when the new Democratic majority calls two administration officials, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to discuss their plans for the future of the war in Iraq."

Link to article in The Day