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WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) announced that his office has now saved constituents $9,323,043.60 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, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) is pushing a new provision in the reconciliation bill to raise wages for the thousands of home health workers caring for the Central Valley's seniors and disabled individuals. According to recent data, the average home health worker in the Modesto area makes $14.45 an hour, only 45 cents above minimum wage.

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder introduced the Connecting Students to Great Jobs Act which for the first time ever will let the federal government support Valley students pursuing degrees in high skill, high paying jobs.

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) celebrated a win for Central Valley farmers after the House Ways and Means Committee completed their markup of the reconciliation bill without a repeal of the stepped-up basis. The stepped-up basis protection ensures family farms don't have to liquidate their farms or sell of parts of their land in order to afford the transition between one generation and the next. In May, Rep.

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) announced that in the month of August alone, the new Child Tax Credit (CTC) delivered $44.1 million to 175,000 kids in his district. This represents 94,000 individual payments to Central Valley families.

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) vowed to work alongside the administration on their new plan from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to lower the price of prescription drugs. The plan, outlined today by Sec. Becerra, will lower the price consumers pay for their prescriptions through competition, innovation, and transparency.

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) announced he will be hosting a telephone town hall on Tuesday, September 14^th at 6:00 PM Pacific Time. This is Rep. Harder's 12^th telephone town hall during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The event will take place on Tuesday, September 14^th at 6:00 PM Pacific Time. Constituents can call into the event toll-free at 888-886-6602.

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) announced that four individuals have won his 2021 Latino Leadership Award. Lourdes Perez, Carolina Alfaro, Dionicio Cruz, and Noe Paramo were given the award for their leadership in public health, mentorship, activism, veterans' affairs, higher education and more. Rep. Harder presented the four awardees their awards during a ceremony in Modesto.