U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor spoke out yesterday during floor debate and helped defeat an amendment to eliminate federal support for families, veterans and seniors who rely on the Legal Services Corporation, which provides grants to Bay Area Legal Services and other legal aid organizations throughout the country that afford access to civil legal assistance. Read more »

Today on Equal Pay Day, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) joined President Obama and Lilly Ledbetter at the White House to announce new executive actions to remove barriers to ensure equal pay for equal work. Read more »

By Elaine Silvestrini published in the Tampa Tribune on April 4, 2014 Tampa federal Judge Susan Bucklew was in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to perform a wedding. The marriage of Mark Anderson and Keith Bucklew isn’t recognized by the state of Florida.  But the District of Columbia does allow same-sex weddings. So U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, hosted the ceremony in her… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) hosted the wedding of Tampa couple, Mark Anderson and Keith Bucklew, today in her Capitol Hill office in Washington, D.C., where marriage for same-sex couples is legally recognized. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) announced her support today for an increase in the minimum wage, which would boost the economic security of women across America. Castor is a cosponsor of the Fair Minimum Wage Act (H.R. 1010), which would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa, St. Petersburg, FL), ACLU and NAACP officials today called for an end to an insidious and discriminatory Florida policy that has disenfranchised over 1.5 million Floridians, including 20 percent of the state's African-American population. The officials urged change one month before Florida's Governor and Cabinet (sitting as the Clemency Board) will… Read more »

“Equal rights under the law for families is fundamental to our American values. Marriage is defined by commitment and love, and it is important that the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that all married couples must be treated equally. The decision will have a positive, meaningful impact for all Americans, and I am proud to have signed an amicus brief in support of overturning the Defense of Marriage Act." Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) released the following statement today regarding the repeal of the discriminatory policy regarding gay pride passed by the Hillsborough County Commission in 2005. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is urging Hillsborough County commissioners to do away with a policy prohibiting government recognition of gay pride displays or events. Read more »

Today, U.S. Rep. Castor and 211 other Congress members filed a historic Amicus Brief in support of the position that Supreme Court should rule to strike down Section 3 of the defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Over the last few years, Rep. Castor has joined many other briefs in state challenges and is proud to take the fight to the federal level today. Read more »