U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement after the Trump Administration unveiled its dangerous proposal to permit drilling in most U.S. continental shelf waters, including waters off the coast of Florida:
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) announced today that her office worked to obtain over $1.2 million for veterans, seniors, and families across the Tampa Bay area in 2017.
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Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the RAISE Family Caregivers Act, introduced by U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor and Gregg Harper (MS3), which marks a major step in addressing the nation’s role of caregivers. The Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act is landmark legislation strongly endorsed by the AARP that will finally give caregivers the recognition they deserve.
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the GOP tax bill. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) voted against it, and before the vote, she urged her colleagues to also vote on the side of middle-class Americans, instead of the super-rich and big corporations.
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) rebuked Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans for their devastating tax scam, which raises taxes on tens of millions of hardworking Americans, small businesses, college students, seniors, veterans and more in order to provide huge, deficit-exploding tax breaks to the super rich and big corporations. In fact, a new analysis by the non-partisan Tax Policy Center found that the GOP tax bill will raise taxes on a staggering 36 million middle-class households across America.
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) brought together student government leaders from the University of South Florida and University of Tampa to discuss one of top her priorities: addressing growing student debt for families.
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TAMPA, FL — The nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $433.2 million in annual economic activity in the Hillsborough County—supporting 14,962 full-time equivalent jobs and generating $51.9 million in local and state government revenues, according to the Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 national economic impact study. The most comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry ever conducted in the United States, Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 was conducted by Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education in partnership with the Arts Council of Hillsborough County.
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