Congresswoman Kathy Castor released the following statement today regarding the White House’s announcement that no new drilling will be allowed in the eastern Gulf of Mexico for at least the next seven years: Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor released the following statement today regarding the passage of the Claims Resolution Act, which will direct $1.15 billion toward black farmers who faced discrimination in receiving farm loans and assistance. Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced the filing of H.R.6434, the Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act of 2010. The Act directs that the bulk of the fines and penalties to be paid by BP for the Deepwater Horizon disaster shall be devoted to the economic and environmental recovery of the Gulf Coast. Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor welcomed the inaugural class of students to the Pinellas County Jobs Corps Center today and challenged the students to get the career and academic skills they need to land jobs and have successful careers in our community. Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor pledged today before a group of retirees at River Apartments in Tampa that she would push for a boost in Social Security payments to counterbalance the flat cost-of-living increase this year. Read more »

An expansion to the Johnnie Ruth Clarke Health Center in South St. Petersburg has provided jobs and has successfully expanded health services to the community. Read more »

Floridians win thousands of new jobs as the result of another major high-speed rail award today. Florida will be receiving an additional $800 million towards completing the Tampa-Orlando High Speed Rail segment. Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Kathy Castor (FL 11) announced $1.18 million was awarded to the City of Tampa for a U.S. Housing and Urban Development Sustainable Community Challenge Grant. Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced today that Port Manatee is receiving $9 million to expand infrastructure at the port, which will help create more than 1,000 jobs in our community. The Manatee County Port Authority and the Brownsville Navigation District of Texas are receiving a Transportation Investment Generating Economy Recovery (TIGER II) grant to more efficiently move freight along the Marine Highway system. Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor hailed today the clean-energy jobs being created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant initiative. Through this initiative, Hillsborough County has received $7.7 million and today they debuted new solar panels atop the old main courthouse. Read more »