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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.

September 14, 2023

Wait times at the Stockton VA are the longest out of any VA clinic in California; Rep. Harder has been working for months to get more resources and support from the federal VA to fix this

September 13, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9) wrote to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) requesting a patient-focused listening session in San Joaquin County as Medicare moves forward with its drug price negotiations.

Issues:Costs
September 6, 2023

WASHINGTON  – Representative Josh Harder has reintroduced his Supporting the Health and Safety of Law Enforcement Act, which would create a new grant program to increase coordination between community mental health centers and law enforcement officers on mental health issues, including homelessness and public safety.