As a member of the powerful Rules Committee, U.S. Representative Kathy Castor joined with Chair Louise Slaughter yesterday to quickly move the Continuing Resolution out of the committee and onto the House floor. Read more »

On the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor urged her colleagues to work to reauthorize the children’s health insurance program. She also sounded the alarm for the need to break down the barriers to access for Florida’s kids and families. Read more »

Ask President Bush where to go for more accessible health care and he’ll likely send you to see an accountant. In his State of the Union Address this week, he said that, “changing the tax code is a vital and necessary step to making health care affordable for more Americans.” Read more »

 U.S. Representative Kathy Castor today delivered on her promise to bring relief for seniors in the Tampa Bay area by urging her colleagues to require the Bush Administration to negotiate prescription drug prices under Medicare Part D. Castor learned firsthand the impact upon seniors of the ill conceived and expensive plan over the last year in a series of assistance sessions with… Read more »