Press Releases
Also includes millions for Harder’s public safety projects at local law enforcement departments across the Valley
Funding passes on the heels of Stockton mass shooting, the deadliest in California last year
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09) announced bipartisan legislation to better support olive growers and producers by pushing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to fast-track approval of long-overdue standards of olive oil varieties. Led with Rep. David Valadao (CA-22), the bipartisan Olive Oil Standards Act would require the FDA to create the first-ever standard of identity (SOI) for olive oil products.
Scientific frontier has outgrown decades-old model for funding medical research and discovery
New “X-Labs” Initiative brings high-risk, high-reward research model to NIH for first time ever
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09) announced bipartisan legislation to protect patients and providers from shady contractors that withhold funding in health care claim reviews. Led with Rep.
Harder called on Postal Inspection Service in September to expand Project Safe Delivery to Stockton, crack down on criminals
Multi-agency operation recovered hundreds of checks and mail,
San Joaquin County has 16 health professional shortage areas, statewide shortage of over 500,000 health care workers
Grad PLUS program expiring in July, helps 1,700 Valley students attain medical, law degrees
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09) announced new legislation to reverse devastating cuts to federal financial assistance that helps local students studying to be doctors and nurses.
WASHINGTON – Today, during National Family Caregivers Month, Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09) introduced new legislation to deliver immediate relief to sandwich generation parents – people taking care of their children as well as their aging parents. Like millions of Californians, this is personal for Harder – he is raising two young daughters while also supporting his mother-in-law who has a complex medical condition.
WASHINGTON – Today, as California considers yet another housing agency, Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09) introduced new legislation to hold Sacramento bureaucracy accountable and stop housing costs from continuing to skyrocket. The Bring Down Housing Costs Act would establish a federal task force to investigate and conduct oversight of states failing to curb rising housing costs and develop emergency action plans to make housing more affordable.