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WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Josh Harder sent a bipartisan letter to House and Senate leaders urging them to invest in 21^st century satellite technology to measure land subsidence nationwide. In the last 100 years the San Joaquin Valley has sunk, or subsided, by at least 33 feet, causing significant regional infrastructure challenges.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Representative Josh Harder co-led the introduction of the Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022 to suspend the federal gas tax by creating a federal gas tax ‘holiday.' The Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022 will halt the 18.4 cents per gallon gas tax levied by the federal government through the end of 2022. According to AAA, Californians currently pay an average of $4.72 cents per gallon, the highest price in the nation and $1.20 more than the national average.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that $35 million from the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act, which he helped negotiate and pass into law, will go toward improving levees in San Joaquin County this year.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced nominations are now open for high school marching bands across the Valley to be chosen to play at the National Spirit of American Independence Day Parade on July 4^th, 2023, in Washington DC. The parade is sponsored by the National Park Service and will commemorate the 247^th birthday of our great nation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Josh Harder introduced a bill, the Improving Mental Health in Schools Act, which will allow more mental health practitioners to work in schools across the Central Valley.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Josh Harder thanked Senators Mark Kelly and Maggie Hassan for introducing new legislation to suspend the federal gas tax by creating a federal gas tax ‘holiday.' The Gas Prices Relief Act will halt the 18.4 cents per gallon gas tax levied by the federal government through the end of 2022.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Representative Josh Harder and a bicameral coalition of California Members of Congress sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to ensure California receives its fair share of wildfire mitigation funding this year. Specifically, the letter urges the Sec.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Josh Harder voted to pass the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022. The bill will ensure the U.S.