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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.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced that he secured funding to protect wildland firefighters from major cuts to their pay and benefits in the House-passed government funding bill. Wildland firefighters made as little as $11.86 per hour – less than the living wage - before Rep. Harder secured a pay increase for them in 2021.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Harder is taking further action to protect San Joaquin County families from natural disasters and make sure that they have enough time to apply for loans to cover damage to their property and get back on their feet. Rep. Harder joined a bipartisan group of his colleagues in urging the U.S.
STOCKTON - Today, Rep. Josh Harder urged the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in a letter to criminalize the tranquilizer drug, Xylazine, and take additional actions to stop the flow of the “zombie drug” into Central Valley communities. Rep. Harder first raised alarms last year on the increase in xylazine-laced fentanyl overdose deaths and a potential crisis in San Joaquin County and throughout the Valley.
Sideshows have turned deadly.
These informal car meets where large crowds of people gather to watch drivers do donuts, burnouts and other stunts have become a common sight and sound in California.
They are hotbeds for criminal activity, police claim. This year, at least three people were shot to death at Stockton sideshows.
1 in 10 calls to police involve mental illness; Rep. Harder’s bill would partner law enforcement with mental health professionals
The Fraternal Order of Police includes more than 373,000 law enforcement officers across the country
Organized retail crime has spiked 26.5%, costing the retail industry over $112 billion last year
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9) released a PSA video statement to raise the alarm and educate parents about drug dealers targeting kids on social media with fake pills that are laced with deadly doses of fentanyl. Yesterday, Rep.