News List

  • Castor Supports Benefits For Troops
    Oct 8, 2009  - With Congress designating 2009 as the Year of the Military Family, Congresswoman Castor continued her commitment to our troops and their families as the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Defense Authorization bill today. This significant investment in our military personnel will go a long way... More
  • New nursing program could help nursing shortage
    Oct 27, 2008  - With many businesses cutting back or even laying off, the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital has announced a new program that officials hope will provide good paying jobs, alleviate the nursing shortage and take care of wounded veterans. The Department of Veteran affairs has provided $3.5 million ... More
  • CONGRESSWOMAN CASTOR TOUTS NEW NURSING PROGRAM
    Oct 27, 2008  - A new nursing academy will help alleviate the state’s nursing shortage, offer care to wounded veterans and create high-paying jobs in the Tampa Bay area, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor said today.   “It marries a number of missions,” Castor said. “This is a wonderful, wonderful new initiative." &nbs... More
  • LANDMARK GI BILL SIGNED INTO LAW
    Jun 30, 2008  - Legislation that will expand the GI Bill of Rights was signed into law today, despite strenuous opposition by President Bush. Congresswoman Kathy Castor (D-FL) a co-sponsor of the legislation, joined Democratic sponsors Congressman Harry Mitchell and Senator Jim Webb in backing the legislation. ... More
  • WWII Vet Gets Cluster Of Honors
    Feb 23, 2008  - World War II veteran Frank Rosado Jr. was honored Tuesday with a dozen medals for his combat service in Europe. "I receive these not only for myself but for my friends that died in Normandy, Holland and the Battle of the Bulge. Friends that I will never forget," said Rosado, 83, of Davis Islands... More
  • WWII medals finally catch up with veteran
    Feb 20, 2008  - Frank Rosado Jr. was too intent on getting home to collect the commendations he was due upon his release from the Army in 1945. On Tuesday, he finally got everything he deserved. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, presented the veteran of the 101st Airborne Division with a collection of a doze... More
  • Venture to focus on brain injuries
    Feb 12, 2008  - Haley and USF will study injuries like those suffered by troops in explosions. The James A. Haley VA Medical Center and the University of South Florida announced on Monday that they are entering into a partnership to research traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury is considered the ... More
  • Haley, USF To Study Troops' Traumatic Brain Injuries
    Feb 11, 2008  - They call it an invisible wound, and it's quickly becoming known as the signature injury of troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. In reality, traumatic brain injuries are likely as old as war itself. Monday, flanked by doctors and academics, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, announced a ne... More
  • Questions mount for VA
    Nov 2, 2007  - With patients being turned away, legislators wonder if it has enough resources.U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor called the rates at which Tampa Bay veterans hospitals turn away sick patients "unbelievable" Thursday, and urged the man slated to take over the Department of Veterans Affairs to address the proble... More
  • USF, Moffitt, Haley in line for federal funds
    May 21, 2007  - Funding for projects in the Tampa Bay area to advance electronic medical records, cancer research and brain injury are included in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2008. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) said in a release that the initiatives would improve basic health care fo... More