Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Representative Josh Harder has reintroduced his Supporting the Health and Safety of Law Enforcement Act, which would create a new grant program to increase coordination between community mental health centers and law enforcement officers on mental health issues, including homelessness and public safety.
WASHINGTON -- Representative Josh Harder just introduced a new bill, the Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act of 2023, to allow the president to declare a “smoke emergency” when wildfire smoke creates hazardous air quality conditions.
STOCKTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9) highlighted this week’s announcement naming the 10 widely used life-saving medications Medicare has been given the power to negotiate prices on, including drugs for blood clots and diabetes. This historic step was made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act.
STOCKTON – Today, Representatives Josh Harder (CA-9) and Clay Higgins (LA-3) introduced bipartisan legislation to protect communities from severe flooding and get damaged levees in flood-prone areas fixed as quickly as possible.
WASHINGTON – Representative Josh Harder recently secured $10 million for the Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project Phase II, which will improve water supply and protect wildlife refuges in the Central Valley. Since stepping foot in Congress, Rep. Harder has secured over $100 million for water projects - which is the largest investment in Central Valley water storage in the last 50 years.
WASHINGTON -- Today, Representative Josh Harder introduced the bipartisan Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act to protect crucial increases in pay and health benefits for wildland firefighters that he helped to secure in 2021.
STOCKTON – Rep. Josh Harder (CA-9) is helping to lead a bipartisan effort to make federal resources available to respond to extreme heat by expanding the list of natural catastrophes FEMA currently responds to.
STOCKTON – Rep. Josh Harder (CA-9) reintroduced his Train More Doctors Act, which would help bring more physicians to the region by expanding residency slots in local hospitals.
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Josh Harder (CA-9) is encouraging veterans who think they are eligible for benefits through the PACT Act to apply before August 9 in order to get retroactive benefits for the last year. After the August 9th deadline, veterans can still apply for PACT Act benefits, but they won’t be backdated. Rep.
WASHINGTON – This week, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9) secured crucial support for his bipartisan Fire Department Repayment Act when U.S.