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September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9) released the following statement on the passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein:

September 28, 2023

At his recent packed town hall in Manteca, Rep. Harder heard from veterans about repeatedly canceled appointments and nearly 3-month wait times at the Stockton VA Clinic

The Stockton VA Clinic only has four full-time primary care physicians seeing patients – they are supposed to have eight

September 27, 2023

WASHINGTON - Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced $950,000 in funding for Community Medical Centers (CMC) to build out the Manteca Recovery Center and provide a larger range of services including substance abuse treatment, housing placement, mental health services, and counseling.

September 26, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9) blasted his congressional colleagues for their inaction on the impending wildland firefighter pay cut disaster. If Congress does not pass Rep. Harder’s bipartisan bill to protect firefighter pay by September 30th, up to 50% of wildland firefighters are predicted to resign.

September 22, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced he secured over $1.6 million to expand Stanislaus State’s social work education program.

September 21, 2023

Farm workers’ jobs are among the most dangerous professions, but a survey of California farm workers shows 31% of male agricultural workers have never visited a medical clinic and less than half have seen a doctor in the past 2 years

September 21, 2023

WASHINGTON -- Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9) gave a fiery speech on the House floor to demand VA Secretary Dennis McDonough fix the physician shortage at the Stockton VA clinic. After the Stockton clinic lost half of its physicians earlier this year, appointment wait times jumped to over 90 days for San Joaquin County veterans. Rep.

Issues:Veterans
September 20, 2023

WASHINGTON – Representative Josh Harder just reintroduced his Securing Access for the Central Valley and Enhancing (SAVE) Water Resources Act. The bill provides a wraparound approach to addressing water issues facing the Central Valley by increasing storage opportunities, spurring innovation, and making long-overdue investments in our aging water infrastructure.

Issues:Water
September 18, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, highlighted the $3.8 million community project funding (CPF) he secured to expand Delta College’s nursing program. The money is going to enable Delta College to upgrade and expand the program’s state-of-the-art simulation labs, where students can practice their clinical training on life-like ‘patient mannequins’ and receive detailed feedback about their work.