Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Josh Harder today announced a bipartisan bill to tackle the Central Valley homelessness crisis. There are thousands of people in Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties experiencing homelessness and hundreds left on the street every day.
Harder's Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act combats the homelessness crisis at the local level by establishing new funding to address root causes of the crisis like mental illness, addiction and poverty.
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Representative Josh Harder's amendment to close the wage gap for women of color.
PATTERSON, CA – In his push for sustainable water solutions for the Central Valley, Representative Josh Harder yesterday toured two innovative water projects across local water districts.
WASHINGTON – During Rep. Harder's 100 Days Tour, he heard from students about the need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access. Today, Rep. Josh Harder introduced the bipartisan College Transparency Act, the first step towards opening up the process for families.
Washington DC – This week, Rep. Josh Harder officially co-sponsored H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act of 2019 to provide a pathway to citizenship to our nation's Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and our Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders.
There are 4,600 DACA recipients in California's 10th Congressional District, and up to 7,600 people who are eligible to enroll in DACA. Should these recipients be forced to leave their communities, it would represent a $254,900,000 loss of economic output for the 10th Congressional district.
Washington D.C.—Today, in a major win against Washington's culture of corruption, an amendment authored by Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) on lobbying disclosures was included in the final package of H.R. 1, the For the People Act.
The For the People Act is the most sweeping piece of election reform and anti-corruption legislation since the Watergate Era, and the Harder amendment says that whenever a registered lobbyist makes contact with members of the Legislative or Executive Branch, they must disclose they are a lobbyist and which clients they work for.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, February 27th Rep. Josh Harder (CA-10) joined with other members of Congress to introduce Medicare for All. Harder was the only member from California to speak on Wednesday's rollout.
At the rollout, Rep Harder said:
After voting to keep the government open, and in response to reports of the President's declaration of a national emergency, Rep. Josh Harder (CA-10) issued the following statement:
"Today both parties came together to keep the government open. It's not a perfect agreement, but it avoids another shutdown and contains smart and practical reforms we need to secure our border.
Today, Rep. Josh Harder announced his staff has been named one of the most diverse of the 116th Congress.
"From the start, I set a goal to build a team that could best serve Central Valley families—and to do that, I need a team who reflects the values, attitudes, and makeup of our community," said Harder. "In order to best serve our communities, we need people on our team who reflect the culturally diverse roots of the Central Valley. I am confident our A-plus team will deliver exceptional services for our district."