Rep. Kathy Castor has proposed an amendment today to the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011 that would direct 80 percent of the fines and penalties collected under the Act as a result of the Deepwater Horizon disaster to Gulf Coast recovery and restoration efforts.
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Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced today that $15.2 million is allocated for infrastructure expansion at MacDill Air Force Base, a construction initiative that will create and maintain jobs in the Tampa Bay area. The money is designated in the fiscal year 2012 Military Construction/ VA Appropriations bill, which the House of Representatives is expected to vote on today.
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Congresswoman Kathy Castor released today new data from the House Energy and Commerce Committee showing how the Republican Medicare plan to end Medicare as we know it would impact future and present access to Medicare. We compiled data from the six congressional districts of the Tampa Bay area to show the local impact on families and individuals throughout our community.
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Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced today that two Tampa Bay area housing counseling agencies are receiving money to provide counseling to families facing foreclosure. The money comes from the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling initiative.
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor released the following statement today regarding the Florida Orchestra’s approval by the U.S. Department of Treasury for its cultural exchange with Cuba. Castor urged expeditious approval of the license over the past weeks.
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act today, which includes a number of amendments by Congresswoman Kathy Castor to aid the Tampa Bay area.
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The vitally important findings of Florida university researchers provide a window into the environmental damage caused by the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout. The research would not have been possible without these hard-fought, expedited research funds.
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Congresswoman Kathy Castor released the following statement today regarding Gov. Scott’s signing of a bill that will have a drastic, devastating impact on access to voting in the state of Florida. Rep. Castor and several other members of the Florida delegation wrote a letter to the Justice Department this week, expressing their concern and urging the department to review the impact of the legislation on the Voting Rights Act. Five Florida counties – including Hillsborough – are protected under Section 5 preclearance requirements.
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Congresswoman Kathy Castor successfully amended the National Defense Authorization Act to improve the prospects for local job creation as the House Armed Services Committee passed the bill out of committee early today. The Castor amendments provide additional funding for national air force base infrastructure and health care research that can be leveraged for MacDill Air Force Base, the University of South Florida, and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. Castor also authored a specific commendation to the Special Operations personnel for the successful and historic mission to bring Osama bin Laden to justice.
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"Finally after 10 long years, the maniacal founder of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network who had the blood of thousands of Americans on his hands has met his end. President Obama and the outstanding men and women in America's intelligence and armed forces, especially those in Special Operations, remained focused on bringing Osama bin Laden to justice - and today justice was done."
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