ST. PETERSBURG, FL – U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) congratulated the 2024 District 14 Congressional Art Competition winner, Marcus Rideout, a recent Gibbs graduate and salutatorian, ahead of his artwork presentation in the U.S. Capitol in June.
“The Pinellas County Center for the Arts (PCCA) at Gibbs High School trains talented students who are… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and Lori Trahan (MA-03) wrote to Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri to express deep concerns with the social media platform’s development and future launch of the “Friend Map” feature. This feature would allow users to see their friends’ locations in real time, putting young users’ privacy and safety at risk.
“It is paramount that… Read more »
TAMPA, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) announced $2,000,000 in community project funding from fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) Building Tampa’s Tomorrow: Workforce Development Initiative, which includes the Building Construction Academy at Bowers/Whitley magnet school and the Medical Academy at D.W. Waters magnet… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL) and Rob Wittman (R-VA), along with Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Michael Waltz (R-FL), led a bipartisan group of members of Congress in urging the House Appropriations Committee to support the U.S. Department of Energy’s work to advance critical minerals and materials (CMM) innovation in Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations legislation.… Read more »
TAMPA, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) announced $1,456,798 in federal grant funding awarded to the Corporation to Develop Communities (CDC) of Tampa, Inc. through the U.S. Department of Labor’s YouthBuild grant initiative. The new funding will support job training and employment services to expand access to apprenticeship opportunities, prepare young workers for quality… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, as National Minority Health Month concluded, Congresswoman Kathy Castor (FL-14), co-chair of the Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus, and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), co-chair of the Congressional Black Caucus’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force, introduced a resolution recognizing the importance of DEI in medical education. The… Read more »
TAMPA, FL — U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) led the entire Florida Democratic congressional delegation in urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to step in to stop Governor Ron DeSantis and the State of Florida from ripping health coverage away from tens of thousands of children who currently rely on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), known as… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Members Reps. Kathy Castor and Mike Levin along with the SEEC Co-Chairs – Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko – issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized strong limits on pollution from fossil fuel-fired… Read more »
TAMPA, FL — Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) announced $156.1 million in federal grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Florida Solar for All Coalition to accelerate the deployment of solar energy statewide, including in historically underserved communities. The grant funding was authorized through the Inflation Reduction Act’s Greenhouse… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) released the below statement on House passage of the bipartisan national security package:
“Democracy and freedom won today as a bipartisan majority – 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans – voted to provide emergency security and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Despite months of delay at the hands of MAGA Republicans, I’m confident… Read more »
