U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the below statement following President Trump’s shortsighted State of the Union address:
“Tonight, we heard little vision from President Trump. He did not mention higher wages for Americans and gave only passing reference to tackling exorbitant health care and drug costs. There also was no mention of the most significant crisis of our… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Castor announced today a new grant of $1,951,773 to continue to support a fisheries and spawning habitat research effort launched from a previous grant award. In addition, this grant will support the competitive selection of several new projects to focus on science, monitoring and technology related to marine wildlife research, seafloor mapping and science support for the northwest Florida estuary programs. Read more »
Murphy’s bill is cosponsored by fellow Florida Reps. Kathy Castor and Donna Shalala, who are leading voices in Congress on health care issues. Rep. Castor, as member of the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee, helped to draft the Affordable Care Act, which authorized Medicaid expansion for American families. Rep. Shalala served as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) under President Clinton. Read more »
U.S. Representatives Kathy Castor (FL-14) and Charlie Crist (FL-13) released the following joint statement in the wake of resignations at All Children's Hospital following serious allegations of abuse and neglect reported by the Tampa Bay Times. Read more »
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement calling for action in Congress to address the dire opioid health crisis – action that actually meets the scale of the epidemic – following a lengthy mark up of minor opioid bills by her committee, Energy and Commerce, this week and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s lawsuit in response to the opioid crisis. Read more »
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) is urging Congress to protect consumers against increasingly exorbitant baggage fees by adopting her amendment to the five-year FAA reauthorization bill scheduled for a vote this week on the U.S. House Floor. Read more »
Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) led a group of 170 members of Congress in introducing companion resolutions in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives formally calling on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign. The resolution comes in response to Pruitt’s repeated ethics violations, misuse of taxpayer dollars, and actions that fundamentally undermine the mission of the EPA – favoring big polluters at the expense of science, our environment, and the health of children and families. Read more »
During Congressional hearings last week, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) called on Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to support her bill, Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act, which would require companies like Facebook to improve protections for health data privacy and the privacy of other sensitive information. Read more »
Four Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General (IG) Arthur Elkins, Jr. today requesting that his office open an investigation focusing on whether EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has misused or abused his position to inappropriately enrich himself or his family members and whether EPA’s political leadership applied political pressure on Agency ethics officials. Read more »
