TAMPA, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) released a statement applauding the Biden-Harris Administration’s announced action to crack down on the sale of Short-Term, Limited Duration Health Insurance (STLDI) plans, commonly referred to as “junk plans.” Originally intended as short-term, gap coverage, junk plans do not provide the same critical consumer… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL), August Pfluger (R-TX), John Sarbanes (D-MD) and John Joyce (R-PA) introduced the Early Action and Responsiveness Lifts Youth (EARLY) Minds Act, bipartisan legislation that aims to provide early intervention and prevention services to children and adults struggling with mental health challenges. Recent statistics reveal a… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) voted to pass the final Fiscal Year 2024 “minibus” appropriations bill, a package of six funding bills that will lower costs, make housing more affordable, create and protect good-paying jobs, invest in clean energy and coastal resilience, and protect women’s access to reproductive care. The first of the two funding… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the successful hospital-at-home initiative has allowed hospitals to provide acute care safely in patients’ homes. The At Home Observation and Medical Evaluation (HOME) Services Act would allow the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test this delivery model on observation status patients through a two-year… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the House passed U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14), Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Robin Kelly (D-IL) and Kat Cammack's (R-FL) Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023 (H.R. 3838). The legislation would improve maternal health throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum, addressing… Read more »

TAMPA, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) met with local health care providers and advocates to discuss the challenging state of abortion care and reproductive health freedom  just a year and a half after the constitutional right to abortion was taken away by an extremist Supreme Court, and abortion rights have consistently been under attack in Florida and across the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Kathy Castor (D-FL), Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), and John Joyce (R-PA) today introduced the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Reauthorization Act, a critical piece of legislation that will ensure children receive appropriate health care during a medical emergency.  Established in 1984, EMSC is… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) released the following statement on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ decision to reject $248 million in summer food assistance for Florida kids through the federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) initiative as nearly half of parents in Florida continue to struggle with food insecurity: “This is mean and… Read more »

TAMPA, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor announced a $7.9 million federal grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 20 new electric buses for Hillsborough County Public Schools. The project, ‘Schools Are Too Cool for Fuel,’ is a part of the EPA’s Clean School Bus… Read more »

TAMPA, FL – U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) announced today that her team worked to deliver over $13.3 million in aid, benefits and refunds to veterans, seniors, small businesses and families in 2023, including over $1.7 million to veterans and service members. Over $1 billion in federal grants were secured for the community to invest in our schools and infrastructure, create… Read more »