Plant High School in Tampa will be represented for the first time at the U.S. Capitol during the Annual Congressional Art Competition on June 26. Hansel Rivera, a Plant HS senior, was announced winner of the U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor’s Congressional Choice Award. She visited Plant HS today to personally congratulate Hansel and recognize him among his peers, family and teachers.  As… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) announced today that Tampa is a recipient of a $50,000 federal grant to support Lights on Tampa. Read more »

In effect since Jan. 28 and scheduled through the end of the 2012 program, Job Corps’ nationwide enrollment freeze was lifted yesterday. Read more »

Upon her return from a fact-finding trip to Cuba, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor stated that she would share what she learned with President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry regarding modernizing the U.S.-Cuba relationship. Today she sent a letter outlining the changes, challenges and opportunities. Read more »

Today, the VA Department announced that it has implemented a new initiative to expedite compensation claim decisions for veterans who have waited one year or longer. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) released the following statement regarding this announcement ... Read more »

During a House Budget Committee hearing today on the President’s FY2014 revenue and economic policy proposals, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) pressed Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to focus additional attention to prevention of tax fraud relating to identity theft. Read more »

Publicado en Centro Tampa, 12 de abril del 2013 Published in Centro Tampa, April 12, 2013 Tras una visita de tres días a Cuba, la congresis­ta Kathy Castor se reafirmo en su posición de que un cambio de visión es necesario para lograr beneficios tanto para Estados Unidos como para Cuba.  'Si Estados Unidos continua aislando a Cuba, no va a haber un cambio. Es malo para Cuba… Read more »

Former Hillsborough County Judge Don Castor, known as a brilliant jurist who brought integrity and compassion to the courtroom for more than two decades, died in Tampa today at 81. Read more »

Judge Donald F. Castor passed away today at age 81. Judge Castor was Bay Area Legal Services’ first executive director and later served as a Hillsborough County Court Judge for 20 years. Congresswoman Castor and her family appreciate your thoughts and prayers for her father at this time.  ### Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor’s three-day visit to Cuba last week reinforced her belief that overarching U.S. policy change is required to achieve benefits for U.S. and Cuban interests alike. Read more »