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U.S. Rep. Castor, Florida leaders call for end of racial discrimination and restoration of voting rights

| Posted in Press Release
Tags: Equality for All

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa, St. Petersburg, FL), ACLU and NAACP officials today called for an end to an insidious and discriminatory Florida policy that has disenfranchised over 1.5 million Floridians, including 20 percent of the state's African-American population. The officials urged change one month before Florida's Governor and Cabinet (sitting as the Clemency Board) will…

Head Start is Back on Track

| Posted in Press Release
Tags: Education

Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) highlighted significant progress for Head Start students and parents in Pinellas County at a visit to the Connie Momarro Head Start Center in St. Petersburg. The bipartisan budget agreement recently passed by Congress and signed by President Obama restores funding for Head Start students across the country, and includes an increase of $1 billion over the sequester level and $612 million over the 2013 enacted level. The progress is especially significant for Pinellas County Head Start that has faced numerous challenges over the past few years.

Congressional Democrats blast Rick Scott for turning back on Medicaid expansion

| Posted in Article
Tags: Health Care

Gov. Rick Scott made national headlines and disappointed his tea party base last year when he expressed support for using federal Medicaid expansion dollars to help uninsured Floridians get coverage. He supported the plan created by Senate Republicans to use the $51 billion in federal funding, but it was blocked by House Republicans at the end of the 2013 session.

U.S. Rep. Castor leads charge for House to vote today on the bipartisan Senate flood insurance bill

| Posted in Press Release
Tags: Protecting Consumers

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor today pressed the House Republican leadership on the floor to allow an immediate vote on the bipartisan flood insurance bill that passed the Senate last week. The bill would provide an important delay to skyrocketing flood insurance rates and growing harm for homeowners across Tampa Bay and the country. It would also support our economic growth without roadblocks from Washington.

U.S. Rep. Castor invites local economic development expert to President's State of the Union

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Tags: Jobs & Economy, Women

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…