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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) announced that his office has now saved constituents $10,148,106 in government benefits or mistaken bills from government agencies. Due to significant failures at the California Economic Development Department (EDD), Rep. Harder's team has focused on bridging the issue by cutting through red tape and getting constituents answers.
WASHINGTON — Today, the Harder-backed bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021 passed the House of Representatives. The bill is intended to fix the dire situation at California's ports, combat China's influence over international shipping, and bring down the rapidly rising costs of consumer goods. It is the first major update of federal regulations for the global ocean shipping industry in almost 25 years.