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WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced he secured $963,000 in federal funding for the Stockton Police Department’s (SPD) Public Safety Program. Rep. Harder secured the federal funding through a Community Project Funding (CPF) grant which will be used to purchase a license plate reader (LPR) system and other equipment to protect police officers and fight crime.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced that he secured $391,400 for the Tracy Police Department to create a Real Time Information Center that will help law enforcement officers respond to crimes as quickly and safely as possible.
WASHINGTON – Representative Josh Harder (CA-9), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has secured more than $3 million for law enforcement in San Joaquin County.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Josh Harder (CA-9) and Reps. Scott Franklin (FL-18) and Joe Neguse (CO-2) have introduced a first-of-its-kind bill to modernize how the United States combats the wildfire crisis. Rep. Harder has been working on this comprehensive package for almost a year alongside wildfire experts, firefighting agencies, and members of both parties.
Counties in the Central Valley including San Joaquin and Sacramento are considered high-intensity drug trafficking areas; So far in 2024, 5.8 million fentanyl-laced pills have been seized in California
On Saturday, Duke was honored in Washington, DC alongside 25 other canines who died in the line of duty last year
Americans lost $10 billion to scams and fraud last year; more than 2022’s record-high $8.8 billion and nearly 300% higher than in 2020, according to an FTC report
This week, Rep. Harder introduced a resolution to make tomorrow, May 9th, National Scam Survivor Day
WASHINGTON – Representative Josh Harder (CA-9) passed vital bipartisan legislation to combat illegal fentanyl trafficking in the United States. The Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act is on its way to becoming law after passing the House of Representatives as part of the foreign aid package that passed over the weekend.
Children in 44 states, including California, have elevated levels of lead in their blood linked to contaminated applesauce products
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced that he secured $2,750,000 for the Stockton Metropolitan Area Project Reimbursement which will go directly to the Lower San Joaquin River Flood Control Project. This Community Project Funding (CPF) secured by Harder will go towards completing this vital project to protect Stockton from flooding.