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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor Statement on House Republicans’ Budget for Billionaires

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) blasted the House Republican “Billionaire Boondoggle” bill that would rip health care coverage away from at least 14 million Americans including children, seniors and people with disabilities, while ballooning the nation’s debt to give massive tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans like Elon Musk. The revised version of the bill also would f...

Statement from U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor on Trump’s Cruel Move to Strip Protections & Work Permits from 350,000 Venezuelans

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s rescission of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, including many living and working in Florida, that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court late yesterday: “Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who fled political and economic oppression are now ...

VIDEO: Rep. Castor Slams GOP Plan to Rip Health Care from Nearly 14 Million Americans to Fund Tax Cuts for the Ultra-Rich

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – After more than 26 hours of debate in the Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) delivered closing remarks exposing the impact of House Republicans’ plan to gut health care for nearly 14 million Americans. The House Republicans’ budget proposal slashes roughly $800 billion from Medicaid and other critical health care initiatives that serve low- and middle-incom...

Reps. Castor, Soto Urge Federal Investigation into Unlawful Diversion of Medicaid Funds to Hope Florida

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and Darren Soto (FL-09) are urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to investigate the potentially unlawful diversion of $10 million in Medicaid funds by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, the Hope Florida Foundation and Centene in a letter released ...

ICYMI: CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP UNVEIL THEIR PLAN TO TRADE AWAY AMERICANS’ HEALTH COVERAGE FOR TAX CUT FOR THE WEALTHY

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TAMPA, FL — Before heading back to Washington, D.C., where her Republican Energy and Commerce colleagues plan to rip health care away from millions of Americans and make life more expensive for everyone to fund tax breaks for the wealthy, Castor stood with local health care advocates to demand that Republicans keep their hands off our health coverage, which is life or death for many Floridians. “M...

HAPPENING NOW: CASTOR DEFENDS HEALTH CARE FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TAMPA BAY NEIGHBORS

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) is standing up for her neighbors against Congressional Republicans' and President Trump's cruel cuts, kicking people off their health coverage, hitting families' wallets with higher electric bills and costlier health care and much more included in their big, bad budget bill. "Tony McLaurin is a spirited seven-year-old from Wesley Chapel, Flo...

U.S. Rep. Castor Sounds Alarm After Analysis Exposes Millions of Americans Would Lose Health Care Coverage to Fund Republican Billionaire Tax Giveaway

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) highlighted a recent analysis of the Republican proposals to cut health services for Americans who rely on Medicaid. The analysis, conducted by the nonpartisan, independent Congressional Budget Office (CBO), exposes the devastating human cost of Congressional Republicans’ proposed tax giveaway to the wealthiest Americans. “Republicans propose to cu...

Tampa Mother Torn from Family; Rep. Kathy Castor Urges Swift Action to Reunite

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TAMPA, Fla. – Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) urged President Trump to immediately grant humanitarian parole for Heidy Sánchez, a Tampa mother who was ripped away from her infant daughter and husband and unlawfully deported to Cuba: “It is unconscionable and wrong for your ICE personnel to harm families in this way. Ms. Sánchez is entitled to due process, and her husband and daughter (both U...

Statement from U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor on Illegal Deportations in Tampa Bay

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“I am working with the family of my constituent, Frengel Reyes Mota, to help in any way I can. Tearing apart this family is cruel, plain and simple. Courts have ruled that Trump is violating the law, and people are entitled to due process under the Constitution. It is wasteful and costly for Trump to generate such chaos and fail to target criminals. “Immigration enforcement must be lawful and huma...

Representatives Castor & Wittman Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Strengthen U.S. Role in Mapping Global Critical Mineral Resources

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and Rob Wittman (VA-1) introduced the Finding Opportunities for Resource Exploration (Finding ORE) Act to strengthen U.S. mineral security and reduce strategic vulnerabilities. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) introduced a companion bill in the U.S. Senate. Critical minerals...

Castor Leads all Florida Democrats in Sounding Alarm About Dangerous Cuts to Florida Health Care Research

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) led the Florida Democrats in urging the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya to reverse cuts to life-saving medical research into treatments and cures for diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes. This drastic reduction in funding will hurt Florida families, eliminate thousands of Florida jobs, and cede Am...

REPS. CASTOR, MIN INTRODUCE “ELON PROFITEERING ACT” TO OUTLAW CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR SPECIAL EMPLOYEES LIKE MUSK

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and Dave Min (CA-47) introduced the Employee Limits ON Profiteering Act (ELON Profiteering Act) that would prevent special government employees like Elon Musk from receiving any federal contracts, grants and awards, similar to prohibitions for most government workers. “Elon Musk should not profit off his official position as he gains unlimi...

CASTOR OPPOSES REPUBLICAN TAX GIVEAWAY FOR BILLIONAIRES, WARNS OF HARM TO MIDDLE-CLASS

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) voted ‘no’ on the Republican “budget for billionaires” that would gut health care for children, seniors and people with disabilities – all for $7 trillion in giveaways to GOP billionaire donors. The Republican scheme to make the richest Americans richer will explode the deficit by heaping trillions of dollars of debt on children and middle-c...

Rep. Castor and Senators Welch and King Introduce Bill to Boost Investment in Grid-Enhancing Technologies, Increase U.S. Power Grid Capacity

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the United States grapples with rapid new growth in electricity demand and high household energy prices, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14), U.S. Senators Peter Welch (VT) and Angus King (ME) introduced the Advancing Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs) Act, legislation to boost investments in grid-enhancing technologies that expand the capacity of existing transmission infrastruct...

Castor, Buchanan, Soto and Bilirakis Aim to Protect Florida’s Coasts from Offshore Drilling

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14), Vern Buchanan (FL-16), Darren Soto (FL-9) and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) introduced critical bipartisan legislation, the Florida Coastal Protection Act, to permanently prohibit oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production off Florida’s coast. “Florida is a special but fragile place, and our way of life depends on clean water. Da...