Funding for projects in the Tampa Bay area to advance electronic medical records, cancer research and brain injury are included in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2008. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) said in a release that the initiatives would improve basic health care for the underserved, veterans and working people in the Bay area. Read more »

"As long as proper security requirements are being met, as they are in Florida's port credential, we need to spare the working folks who keep our ports moving from having to bear the burden and expense of undergoing unnecessarily duplicative background checks," Castor said Wednesday. Read more »

Florida risks losing millions of federal dollars if state lawmakers fail to fix the state's health insurance program for poor children during next month's legislative session, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor said Tuesday. Read more »

Castor's office similarly said her list reflects "grassroots knowledge" of her district and her experience with the needs of children as well as local health care and environmental concerns. Read more »

"We've got to get to work here in Florida. We've got more than 700,000 children in the state of Florida that do not have health insurance. And that means the ability to go into the doctor's office and get immunizations and checkups," explained U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor. Read more »

NY TIMES - Representative Kathy Castor, Democrat of Florida, said the legislation would “provide a reality check to skyrocketing pay packages of senior executives.” “The average C.E.O. makes more money before lunch than the average worker earns all year,” she said, urging House members to “allow shareholders to send a message about pay packages that boggle the mind.” Read more »

Now comes U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, who is leading the charge for a $50 billion, five-year reauthorization of the federal program that pays 71 percent of the cost of caring for children whose families meet a certain income test. The state pays the rest. Read more »

Castor brought together city and county leaders to brainstorm ways to conserve energy, protect the environment and reduce dependence on foreign oil. Read more »

Castor said it ought to be "an express lane to that doctor's office visit that is so vital to the health of our kids, when we say kids we're talking babies all the way to age 19". Read more »

“Supporting our troops does not mean that you simply salute as you send them off to war,” said Kathy Castor, D-Fla. “It also means that they are supported when they come home, their families are respected, and our wounded warriors receive superior health care for their physical injuries and mental scars.” - Alex Wayne, CQ Staff Read more »