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WASHINGTON – Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) today voted to pass the bipartisan Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, legislation he also cosponsored. The bill will allow federal authorities to fine spam callers up to $10,000 per call, require phone companies to create screening technology to prevent spam calls from reaching Americans' phones, and create a joint group of federal agencies and other non-federal entities that will assist Congress in future efforts to crack down on scam calls.

Harder Introduces Bicameral Resolution, Contacts White House

WASHINGTON – Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) today announced a $274,000 federal investment to support students pursuing careers in agriculture at Stanislaus State. The funding, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), promotes and supports recruitment into agricultural studies and agricultural science education.

WASHINGTON – Representatives Josh Harder (CA-10) and Paul Cook (CA-8) are leading a bipartisan coalition of California congressmembers in a letter asking House leadership to address looming cuts to a federal program which provides funding to hospitals which serve uninsured and underinsured patients. Medicaid's Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payment program is designed to offset the costs hospitals bear in treating people without access to comprehensive insurance.

WASHINGTON – After holding 18 in-person town halls with constituents in the Central Valley, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) will hold his fifth telephone town hall tomorrow. These events allow residents of the 10^th Congressional District a chance to ask questions, get answers, and get help with federal agencies. The event will begin tomorrow, November 19^th, at 6:00 PM Pacific time and last about an hour.

WASHINGTON – Continuing efforts to root out corruption in Washington, Representatives Josh Harder (CA-10) and Max Rose (NY-11) introduced the Ban Corporate PACs Act, which would ban all corporate Political Action Committees (PACs). In the 2018 election cycle, corporate PACs gave more than $400 million to federal campaigns.

WASHINGTON – In a letter, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) asked the House Energy and Commerce Committee to hold a hearing on the failures of public utilities, such as Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) to invest in its infrastructure in the face of changing climate conditions and the frequency of extreme weather events. Wildfires in California are expected to cost the state $80 billion in total damage and economic losses this year and we're only midway through the fire season.

WASHINGTON – Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) is educating his colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee on the devastating threat posed by swamp rats to Valley agriculture, environment, and infrastructure as the rest of the Washington establishment focuses on impeachment. During a hearing in the Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee, Rep. Harder visually illustrated the exponential growth rate and cost of inaction in regard to the nutria – and compared it to another invasive species – the feral hog in the American South.