Josh Harder

if we wanted to address these workforce shortages, this is not going to be fixed by changes with HRSA.

This Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is going to help address that, keep our doctors where they need to be.

if we actually make reimbursement rates higher in medically underserved areas, if we make NIH research go more toward medically underserved areas, we can actually entice a lot of doctors and nurses to come to areas that are desperately…

Politics intervened, and that plan ended up getting rejected just last year, October 22nd.

This means that they received an F grade for both ozone and particulate pollution in a 24-hour period.

Thank you so much, Chair DeLauro, for hosting this hearing.

I want to thank Congressman Harder for introducing legislation to address the shortage of childcare providers in these key areas.

This disproportionately affects rural and underserved communities like mine.

Can I at least get your commitment that you will do everything that you can to make sure the California and Texas doctors who meet all other PSLF requirements receive PSLF support?

At the height of COVID, the ICUs in my community were over 100 percent capacity, not because we didn't have the bed space, but because we didn't have the doctors to take care of people.

this is bipartisan, bicameral. We have enormous support around this, because it will lead to 10,000 physicians working in underserved communities in California over the next 10 years.

I just really want to emphasize to you and to your team that the proposed fix does not fix this issue.

I look across this Committee, I see a lot of folks that represent California dairies.

I think that should be a chief goal of this Committee as we go forward.

California's dairy producers are key to the ag economy of the Central Valley.

I appreciate your comments, and I do think it is important to make sure that, as we look at the 2023 Farm Bill process.

Despite the staggering economic contributions that we have seen from dairy, dairy has to face some real challengers, many of them exacerbated by the COVID pandemic.

Most of our producers find that the 5 million pound cap either gives them minimal support, or deters them from the program entirely.

I greatly appreciate you and your staff's past support of inclusion of the IOI and encourage you to once again work to provide a final remedy for this situation.

Our ag relies heavily on trade and exports to thrive.

These supply chain challenges that we are facing right now just in the dairy industry are costing $1 billion in additional expenses just in the first 7 months of this year.

For the last few months, I have been closely monitoring the disaster unfolding at our ports.

Ports like the one in Long Beach are seeing huge backups in part because they have local rules that prioritize beachfront views.

Urgency is imperative here. It has already taken a lot longer than it should have.

Each one of those delays hits their bottom lines at a time when they simply can't afford it.