The U.S. House passed a bill sponsored by Democratic Florida Rep. Kathy Castor Wednesday that would boost construction jobs and help develop better building materials. Read more »

A new AARP report issued today details the out-of-pocket costs for caregivers in the United States – on average, family caregivers are spending 20 percent of their total income on caregiving expenses. This builds on last year’s AARP family caregiving report, which revealed the number of family caregivers in the United States – about 40 million, with Florida home to nearly 2.7 million of these caregivers. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) announced today that Tampa Police Department is the recipient of a $1.9 million federal grant to hire 15 more officers to strengthen its community policing efforts. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement and timeline relating to misplaced congressional priorities that led to the substantial delay in providing an emergency response to the Zika virus. The U.S. Congress finally passed $1.1 billion in emergency funding late last night, more than seven months after action was requested by President Obama. Read more »

After calling for a congressional hearing last week on the outrageous cost increases by Mylan corporation for the price of the EpiPen, today U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) cosponsored bipartisan and bicameral legislation to address skyrocketing prescription drug price increases by corporations. The FAIR Drug Pricing Act would require basic transparency for pharmaceutical corporations that increase drug prices by more than 10 percent a year. Read more »

U.S. soldiers serving deployments across the globe enjoy care packages sent by charitable organizations and grateful communities back home. These care packages soon will be missing a popular item if Congress does not act:  Cigars. Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor – who represents Tampa, Fla., historically dubbed “Cigar City” – filed legislation to restore charitable contributions of… Read more »

Hillsborough County Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor has filed legislation to reinstate the tradition of donating cigars to U.S. military members who are deployed overseas. Read more »

Today, U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14)and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) visited with patients and families of St. Joseph’s Children’s Chronic-Complex to update the progress of the ACE Kids Act in Congress and build momentum on getting it passed this year. Read more »

Today, Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Jackie Speier (CA-14), and Eric Swalwell (CA-15) released the following statement after their discharge petition to force a yes-or-no vote on the Courtney/Warren Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act (H.R. 1434) was signed by nearly 170 colleagues in under 48-hours: Read more »

Today the Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health convened a legislative hearing on the ACE Kids Act. The ACE Kids Act, HR. 546, was first introduced in the 113th Congress and subsequently in the 114th Congress by Reps. Joe Barton (R-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gene Green (R-TX), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and David Reichert (R-WA). Read more »