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WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Harder (CA-10) secured the inclusion of the 7^th Street Bridge and State Route 132 projects in the upcoming INVEST in America Act. Together, the projects will amount to $18.5 million in new federal investments in the Central Valley. Securing a place for both projects in this bill is a momentous first step toward getting them enacted into law. The 7^th Street Bridge is one of the most dangerous and poorly rated bridges in California.

WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Josh Harder (CA-10) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) reintroduced the bipartisan Disability Employment Incentive Act to encourage businesses to hire and retain more workers with disabilities, including veterans. Presently, despite 80% of Americans with disabilities wanting to work, only 18% are actually employed.

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) is encouraging Central Valley veterans to apply for a new program that offers education and training for high-demand jobs to veterans currently facing unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This program, the Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program, was created and funded by the American Rescue Plan that Rep. Harder voted to pass into law earlier this year. The program has $386 million in federal funding and will help almost 20,000 veterans.

WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Josh Harder (CA-10) and David Valadao (CA-21) led a bipartisan group of colleagues in writing to the House and Senate leaders urging water storage to be included in any upcoming infrastructure package. The group included Republican Representatives Darrell Issa (CA-50) and Ken Calvert (CA-42), as well as Democratic Representatives Jim Costa (CA-16), John Garamendi (CA-3), Ami Bera (CA-7), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-2), Greg Stanton (AZ-9), and Dina Titus (NV-1).

WASHINGTON — In reaction to new reporting on the continued failure of the California Employment Development Department (EDD), Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) again called on the Department of Labor to release the $2 billion in support for state unemployment agencies as soon as possible. Rep. Harder passed these new funds into law in March through the American Rescue Plan, yet not a single dime has been distributed to state agencies.

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) and his colleagues re-introduced the Wildfire Emergency Act. The bill expands on its previous version by dedicating new funds to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires, assist critical infrastructure facilities like hospitals and police stations to respond to wildfires and blackouts, and train the next generation of foresters and fire managers across the American West using the latest technology available to them to help reduce the impact and risk of wildfires.

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) pushed expert witnesses on what the government is doing to research and develop programs related to childhood asthma and asthma broadly.