, Senate Republicans blocked a raise for Americans that would put more money in their pockets to spend on basic needs, stimulating the country’s economy. 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 »

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’s guest to the 2014 State of the Union is Nikki Gaskin-Capehart, Director of Urban Affairs for the City of St. Petersburg, who is responsible for economic development and progress in St. Petersburg’s most challenged neighborhoods. “The State of the Union address will focus everyone across the Tampa Bay area on concrete, practical proposals to grow the… Read more »

Mr. Speaker: I rise today to honor the life and legacy of an outstanding leader of the Tampa Bay community, Dottie Berger MacKinnon. Her tireless crusade to better the lives of neglected and abused children is an inspiration to the Tampa Bay community and to this great nation. Among Mrs. Berger MacKinnon’s numerous accomplishments is her work in founding charities that support needy… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor released the following statement today upon the passing of Dottie Berger MacKinnon: Read more »

Today, U.S. Rep. Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) called on the House Republicans to support bills that promote jobs creation and the economy, not legislation that interferes with medical decisions by women and their doctors and their right to privacy. Read more »