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January 20, 2022

WASHINGTON — In a House Agriculture Committee hearing today, Representative Josh Harder secured Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's commitment to speeding up, providing more clarity, and helping improve the reimbursement process so Central Valley fire departments have the resources they need to keep their communities safe. With Sec. Vilsack's support, Rep.

Issues:Agriculture
January 14, 2022

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder highlighted the Department of Transportation's announcement that the Federal Highway Administration will create the largest bridge formula program since the construction of the interstate highway system, made possible by the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act.

January 13, 2022

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urging him to prioritize Central Valley infrastructure projects as his department begins to dole out federal funds from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Rep. Harder's letter specifies that, over the last 12 years, the Central Valley has received half the federal funding from competitive Department of Transportation grants as the Bay Area.

January 10, 2022

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder applauded Governor Gavin Newsom for heading his recommendation by proposing the state pause increase in the Gasoline State Excise Tax during 2022. Last month, as gas prices hit record highs across the Central Valley, Rep.

January 6, 2022

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder congratulated Alma Lopez, Livingston Union School District's school counseling coordinator and Ripon native, for winning the 2022 School Counselor of the Year Award. She is the first Latina and the first Californian to win the award. Read the full announcement from the American School Counselor Association online here.

January 5, 2022

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder announced the Valley Consortium for Medical Education will receive a $939,906 grant from the Department of Health & Human Services for their Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program. This comes on the heels of the $1.18 million grant Rep. Harder secured for Valley Consortium this past August.

Issues:Health Care
January 4, 2022

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that Divya Katyal and Rana Banankhah, both seniors from Modesto High School, have won his office's 2021 Congressional App Challenge. Their app, Community Connections, bridges the communication gap between volunteers, who would like to have conversations with seniors, and seniors, who are currently isolated and in need of someone to talk to. Seniors can upload their information to a general feed so that volunteers can contact them and get in touch.

December 16, 2021

WASHINGTON — Today, the Biden administration announced a new plan to strengthen America's trucking workforce in order to fix the supply chain and bring prices down nationwide.

December 15, 2021

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) announced that Modesto City-County Airport will receive a $59,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The grant is paid for by the American Rescue Plan Act, which Rep.

December 14, 2021

WASHINGTON —Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) has introduced a new bill, the Fix the Unemployment Backlogs Act, which will create a federal standard for state unemployment agencies addressing backlogs of claims.