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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.
WASHINGTON – Representative Josh Harder's bipartisan Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act has passed the House of Representatives on a unanimous bipartisan vote. The bill will allow the families of fallen and critically injured servicemembers to end their phone, cable, or internet contracts without being financially penalized. Ohio Republican Brad Wenstrup joined Rep. Harder to introduce the bill.
WASHINGTON – Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) released the following statement as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The program, created under the Obama Administration, protects over 10,000 young people in the Central Valley.
"I taught Dreamers at MJC – they're Americans in every way except on paper. One young woman I knew was carried over the border as a little baby but now faces an uncertain future.
Modesto, CA – Building on his commitment to accessibility, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) will host his 18th in-person town hall in Modesto during the upcoming district work period. This town hall will be focused on the issue of health care in the Valley. This event comes only a week after Rep. Harder's legislation to bring up to 10,000 more doctors to California passed the House Education and Labor Committee.
Modesto, CA - ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH AT 10:00 AM – Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) in partnership with Modesto Junior College, will host a veterans' job fair in Modesto. The event will give veterans a chance to meet with local employers as well as get help with interview preparation and resume review. Interested veterans should come dressed for interviews and have cover letters and resumes available.
Modesto, CA – Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) is finishing the most effective week yet of his first year in Congress. This week Rep. Harder passed a legislative provision through the House and five more pieces of legislation through three different committees. Each of the bills which passed committee this week is expected to pass the House in the coming months. More than 90% percent of bills introduced this Congress have not cleared the committee milestone.
WASHINGTON – Provisions similar to Representative Josh Harder's (CA-10) Financial Watchdog Support Act passed the House Agriculture Committee as part of a larger bill that regulates certain financial transactions. The bill is designed to help improve oversight of transactions between big banks and other institutions by improving a 2010 law that helps protect our economic system.
Bill Expected to Pass House in Coming Months
WASHINGTON – Representative Josh Harder (CA-10), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, secured huge wins in a final comprehensive higher education bill, which passed the committee today. Congress is supposed to pass a comprehensive overhaul of all federal education programs every four years – but has not done so since 2008. Rep. Harder worked to include two original bills he authored in addition to several provisions he wrote or led alongside his Republican colleagues.
More than 90 Percent of Bills Fail to Reach Committee Milestone
First Bipartisan Immigration Bill Introduced in House in Decades