Jobs & Education

Nearly 65,000 wildfires burned almost 9 million acres in the U.S. last year alone 

In less than a month, Southern California fires caused more than $250 billion in damages

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09) introduced bipartisan legislation, the American Consumer Awareness of National Source (American CANS) Act, to protect local producers by making it easier for shoppers to distinguish local products from foreign ones.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced that he secured $1,050,000 to build a Career-Connected Learning Hub in Stockton to set San Joaquin County students up for successful career paths.

WASHINGTON - Today, Representative Harder announced the San Joaquin County Office of Education will receive a $13,951,807 federal grant for its Head Start programs supporting children between the ages of 3 and 5 years old. Head Start provides school readiness, social development, and health services for young children while they are in their prime of early development.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced he secured over $1.6 million to expand Stanislaus State’s social work education program.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, highlighted the $3.8 million community project funding (CPF) he secured to expand Delta College’s nursing program. The money is going to enable Delta College to upgrade and expand the program’s state-of-the-art simulation labs, where students can practice their clinical training on life-like ‘patient mannequins’ and receive detailed feedback about their work.

WASHINGTON – Today, Reps. Josh Harder (CA-9), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1), Lucy McBath (D-GA-7), and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5) introduced the Youth Workforce Readiness Act. Many employers in Northern California are struggling to fill positions because the jobs require skill sets that can’t be gained without additional training or education.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm urging the Department to immediately begin using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to upgrade Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems in schools across the country, including the Central Valley. Rep. Harder and his brother both experienced childhood asthma growing up in the Central Valley.