Do you need assistance with Social Security, Medicare, Veterans benefits, or other federal issues? U.S. Rep. Castor and her staff will visit the Progress Village/Palm River area to meet with you one-on-one. Please bring copies of your photo identification and any documents or letters pertaining to your situation for review. This event provides the opportunity to sit down with you to discuss your concerns or any problems you might have with a government agency. Read more »

Head Start parents and U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor today decried the impending harm to Hillsborough County Head Start students and families from the national “sequester” as Republicans continue to force “across-the-board” cuts and fail to examine any sequester replacement plan. Read more »

Plant High School in Tampa will be represented for the first time at the U.S. Capitol during the Annual Congressional Art Competition on June 26. Hansel Rivera, a Plant HS senior, was announced winner of the U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor’s Congressional Choice Award. She visited Plant HS today to personally congratulate Hansel and recognize him among his peers, family and teachers.  As… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) announced today that Tampa is a recipient of a $50,000 federal grant to support Lights on Tampa. Read more »

In effect since Jan. 28 and scheduled through the end of the 2012 program, Job Corps’ nationwide enrollment freeze was lifted yesterday. Read more »

Upon her return from a fact-finding trip to Cuba, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor stated that she would share what she learned with President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry regarding modernizing the U.S.-Cuba relationship. Today she sent a letter outlining the changes, challenges and opportunities. Read more »

Today, the VA Department announced that it has implemented a new initiative to expedite compensation claim decisions for veterans who have waited one year or longer. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) released the following statement regarding this announcement ... Read more »

During a House Budget Committee hearing today on the President’s FY2014 revenue and economic policy proposals, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) pressed Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to focus additional attention to prevention of tax fraud relating to identity theft. Read more »

Judge Donald F. Castor passed away today at age 81. Judge Castor was Bay Area Legal Services’ first executive director and later served as a Hillsborough County Court Judge for 20 years. Congresswoman Castor and her family appreciate your thoughts and prayers for her father at this time.  ### Read more »

The list goes on, but the Tampa International Airport interchange, Platt Street Bridge, MacDill Air Force Base Central Command and MOSI’s Kids in Charge are just some of the local projects that used Tampa Tank, Inc./Florida Structural Steel (TTI/FSS) to fabricate and erect structural steel and other infrastructure products. TTI/FSS has been a privately owned business located in Tampa… Read more »