News List

  • President Invites Castor to Arcadia Solar Event
    Oct 26, 2009  - President Obama has invited Congresswoman Kathy Castor to join him in Arcadia on Tuesday as he tours the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center. The President and Castor will highlight one of Castor’s priorities as she worked this year to help put together the American Clean Energy and Security ... More
  • Castor Statement On Historic American Clean Energy and Security Act
    Jun 26, 2009  - Congresswoman Kathy Castor released the following statement today regarding the historic American Clean Energy and Security Act:   “The stakes are very high for Florida when it comes to our clean energy future and climate change. The American Clean Energy and Security Act will help rebuild Florida... More
  • Castor Statement On Energy and Commerce Committee’s Passage Of American Clean Energy and Security Bill
    May 21, 2009  - Castor Statement On Energy and Commerce Committee’s Passage Of American Clean Energy and Security Bill   Congresswoman Kathy Castor released the following statement today regarding Energy and Commerce’s passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Bill:   “This historic bill makes a critica... More
  • Castor To Meet With President Obama On Energy, Health Care
    May 4, 2009  - Congresswoman Kathy Castor will meet with President Obama at the White House tomorrow to discuss critical health care and energy reform measures pending in the House Energy & Commerce Committee. Tomorrow’s meeting is expected to focus on ways to reform health care and to reshape how the United S... More
  • Speaker Pelosi Places Castor at the Heart of Health Care Reform
    Dec 11, 2008  - CONTACT: Ellen Gedalius (813) 871-2817 Dec. 11, 2008               Speaker Pelosi Places Castor at the Heart of Health Care Reform   WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Congresswoman Kathy Castor was appointed last night to the exclusive House Energy and Commerce Committee. The committee directly focuses... More
  • Florida Democrats reminded House leaders of no-drilling protections enacted in a 2006 law
    Sep 11, 2008  - It's hard to believe this worked. Tuesday, Florida's Gulf Coast was in the sights of House Democratic leaders crafting a bill to expand offshore oil and gas exploration. By Wednesday, Florida Democrats apparently had convinced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that Florida gave up enough in 2006, w... More
  • U.S. REP. CASTOR'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BUSH LIFTING PRESIDENTIAL MORATORIUM ON OIL DRILLING
    Jul 14, 2008  - President Bush and VP Cheney continue to side with Big Oil over the interests of the American people. Bush’s claim that drilling off of coastal Florida will lower gas prices is a hoax and a sham. Even Florida’s biggest pro business lobby states that drilling off our coast will not do anything to low... More
  • Castor, other Democrats blast Bush's oil drilling plan
    Jul 14, 2008  - U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor says if oil companies are interested in drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, they should consider millions of acres already available to them that's not being tapped. Castor, a Tampa Democrat, called President Bush's executive order to lift the ban on oil drilling off the coast... More
  • Floridians Should Not Be Panicked Into Sacrificing Their Coast
    Jul 11, 2008  - Big oil interests are using big lies to promote oil drilling off Florida's coast. Trying to capitalize on the public's dismay over high gas prices, the drill-everywhere crowd is misleading citizens about the likely consequences. Drilling, they say, represents no threat. Keep the rigs out of sigh... More
  • Declaring Independence From Big Oil
    Jul 4, 2008  - Hardworking Tampa Bay area families are being squeezed by the rising costs of health care, housing, property insurance and, of course, gas prices. Many reformers have been standing up to the White House and urging them for years to change direction and focus on long-term solutions to our energy chal... More