Josh Harder

I represent California's Central Valley. We are the fruit and nut basket of the world.

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

If all we are doing is telling folks that the only route to the middle class is through a 4-year college degree, we are going to be leaving out the vast majority of a lot of folks across the country.

I think EDD has been a complete disaster, a total and complete mess, many of those programs preceding the last year.

I didn't see a lot on that in the sort of blueprint of the budget.

I agree it has been very powerful, and I really want to thank our witnesses as well for sharing their incredibly informative testimonies.

I am really looking forward to working with you to make sure that all the Federal dollars we are talking about today come to areas of the State like my district in the Central Valley that are sometimes overlooked by Federal budgets like…

We must address it. And in the boom-and-bust cycle of water, the best way to prepare for the dry years like this one is to store water in the wet years.

I would love to hear from you, how will your department's budget support investments in water infrastructure especially in water storage in the western U.S.?

We have two obligations in responding to this pandemic: first, to move quickly and urgently; and second, to put science and health ahead of partisan politics. Neither of those two things happened, but this bill is a step forward. It helps…

People see swamp rats all the time roaming the halls of D.C., but I believe this is actually the first time in American history that we have a taxidermied swamp creature on the actual floor of the House of Representatives. This here is my…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Levin of Michigan The CHAIR. It is now…

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I appreciate the opportunity to testify about the threat nutria poses to the California Central Valley

If we don't combat this problem quickly, pretty soon we are going to be right here.

That is why I have introduced a bill that invests $7 million now to help our community and our country get ahead of this issue before it is too late.

By the time public awareness begins, eradication is very unlikely.

By getting ahead of this problem now when it is still manageable, we are spending $7 million to eradicate this problem instead of spending $2.5 billion every single year like we are on feral hogs.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 528. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Butterfield). There being no further amendments, under the rule, the Committee rises. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore…

I represent California's 10th Congressional District in the California Central Valley, and what I have noticed in our community is there are a lot of seeds of apprenticeship programs that are successful, but they haven't quite grown into…

One of the things that I think I would love to really dive into is how you got the buy-in both from the government entities as well as from the employers themselves to invest such a significant amount in the apprenticeship industry.

I think the testimony that I have heard today has really confirmed the importance of apprentice programs, making sure that there is more routes to the middle class than just having a four-year degree here.

During rollcall Vote number 462 on the Turner Amendment No. 386, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``yes'' when I should have voted ``no''. Amendment No. 423 Offered by Mr. Khanna The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for…

During Roll Call Vote number 375 on H.R. Banks Amendment No. 99, I mistakenly recorded my vote as yes when I should have voted no. Amendment No. 105 Offered by Mr. Pence The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a…

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