Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that he will host his yearly Military Information Night on Tuesday, May 10th from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at Merrill F West High School in Tracy. The event will feature representatives from each of the major military academies and ROTC programs in order to answer questions for Central Valley young people interested in a career in the armed services. This event is open to all students in San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder congratulated Modesto City Schools for its decision to replace thirty of its fifteen-year-old diesel-powered school buses with state of the art electric buses.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder backed a bipartisan bill that will exempt thousands of fire victims who are receiving compensation from the PG&E Fire Victim Trust from having to pay federal income tax on their settlement money.The Trust is a $13.5 billion settlement established in July 2020 for survivors of the
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that $499,581 in funds will be heading to San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties to fight the homelessness crisis. These funds will be used to maintain emergency shelters, conduct street outreach programs, and rapidly re-house those experiencing homelessness.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder voted to pass the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Actto replenish the relief fund with an additional $42 billion and provide $13 billion to establish a new program for small businesses with less than 200 employees that lost revenue during the Covid-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON – After today's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing, "Gouged at the Gas Station: Big Oil and America's Pain at the Pump," Rep. Josh Harder will introduce the Gas Price Gouging Prevention Act in the House to help prevent the oil industry from engaging in gas price gouging. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has introduced companion legislation in the Senate.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that Modesto's Center for Human Services (CHS) will receive $3,973,353 to build fourteen residential units and provide comprehensive services to homeless and at risk youth. This funding comes from the American Rescue Plan Rep. Harder voted to pass into law last March.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder voted to pass the Affordable Insulin Now Act which would lower out-of-pocket costs for Americans with diabetes by ensuring no patient, regardless of their insurer, pays more than $35 per month for their insulin.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder introduced the Putting Gas Money Back in Your Pocket Act which will send $500 gas price relief checks directly to taxpayers across the country.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder's bipartisan push to create an interagency task force to ease port backlogs and lower prices for Central Valley families passed the House of Representatives. Rep. Harder's bipartisan legislation was originally introduced with Rep.