Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives voted to pass the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act 2022 which will provide new and expanded medical benefits to hundreds of thousands of veterans across the country. The bill includes legislation authored by Representative Josh Harder expanding the pool of Vietnam veterans eligible for benefits due to exposure to Agent Orange.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder released the following statement after President Biden endorsed his push for a three- month gas tax suspension:
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced three critical new programs for the more than 10,000 federal wildland firefighters who keep the Central Valley safe:
Federal wildland firefighters will receive pay raises of up to $20,000 or 50% of their annual base salaries for up to two years;
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder spoke on the floor of the House before the passage of his bill, the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, which is laser focused on lowering prices for Valley families at the grocery store and the gas station.
WASHINGTON – Today, the Representative Josh Harder backed bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act was signed into law by President Biden. The law will reduce costs for Valley families and businesses by helping fix the ongoing situation at California’s ports and combatting China’s influence over international shipping. It is the first major update of federal regulations for the global ocean shipping industry in almost 25 years.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder and Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler introduced the bipartisan Fire Department Repayment Act of 2022 which will help fix the fire department repayment system and ensure local departments receive the funds they need in a timely manner to keep our communities safe.
WASHINGTON — Last night, Representative Josh Harder voted to pass the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA). Rep. Harder successfully fought to include four critical Central Valley water programs in this bipartisan legislation, including $200 million for water infrastructure in San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties and new requirements for the Army Corps of Engineers to protect the Delta from harmful algal blooms.
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder voted to pass the Protecting Our Kids Act to enact commonsense gun safety measures. In recent weeks, 31 people have been murdered and another 20 injured in mass shootings committed with semiautomatic assault rifles, including nineteen elementary schoolers and two teachers killed in Uvalde, Texas and ten people killed in Buffalo, New York.
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that $17,026,543 in federal funds is heading to the Central California Migrant Head Start Program, which serves more than 700 children in the Central Valley each year.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder and the Tri-Valley – San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority announced that the Valley Link Rail Project has entered a new and critical phase. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has approved Valley Link’s entry into the Project Development Phase of the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program opening the door for hundreds of millions in federal funding to support the project.