Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that he is backing a new bill, the Porch Pirates Act of 2022, to combat package theft across the Valley by making USPS mail theft a federal crime. Porch piracy is especially dangerous for seniors and disabled individuals who rely on delivery services for vital necessities such as medicine and groceries.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that Oakdale Airport will receive a $1,112,003 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reconstruct 7,600 square yards of pavement that has reached the end of its useful life.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that Modesto Junior College’s Upward Bound program will receive $631,819 from the Department of Education.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that Modesto and Turlock will receive a total of $5,366,921 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to promote affordable housing opportunities and fight homelessness. These funds are divided into three programs and will be used to:
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder released the following statement on the White House’s recent announcement invoking the Defense Production Act to address the nationwide infant formula shortage and launching “Operation Fly Formula” to speed formula imports from abroad. Rep.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder’s bill to stop gas price gouging passed the House of Representatives. Rep. Harder originally introduced the bill on April 6th as the Price Gouging Prevention Act.
WASHINGTON – Last night, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) passed the House. The bill includes two of Rep. Harder’s amendments that are critical to ensuring everyone in the Central Valley has access to a good paying job.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder backed new $28 million emergency funding legislation to address the infant formula shortage. The new funds will give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the resources it needs to address the urgent infant formula shortage and help prevent it from ever happening again. The bill will go through the Appropriations Committee, of which Rep. Harder is a member.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder released the following statement on the White House’s new plan to address the infant formula shortage impacting communities across the country. Nearly half of all baby formula nationwide is currently out of stock.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that Turlock Irrigation District will receive $2 million from the United States Bureau of Reclamation toward their Ceres Main Regulation Reservoir Project, estimated to save 10,000 acre feet of Valley water each year.