Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced today that the city of Tampa is receiving an approximately $11 million grant to help complete the Riverwalk, a 2.6-mile pathway that will link the Channel District with Tampa Heights. Castor advocated for the grant to be awarded to the city of Tampa because it is a significant investment in our community’s infrastructure, leading to more jobs and economic development. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor was joined by small business and community leaders today for a roundtable discussion about the challenges facing women when it comes to equal pay in the workplace and the effect that has on our local economy. Castor urges the Senate to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act this afternoon and encourages the House to bring this critical legislation to a vote. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and community leaders kicked off an effort today to promote the importance of MacDill Air Force Base to federal officials in the hopes of having new KC-46 refueling tankers assigned to the base. The bipartisan effort, called MacDill Means Mobility, will serve as a rallying point to communicate the strengths of MacDill and for the military advocacy already in place in our region. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor announced today that Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa is on track to receive a $34 million investment for construction of a permanent Joint Special Operations University under the House’s VA/Military Construction Appropriations bill, which is scheduled for a vote this week. This substantial construction investment at MacDill will bring jobs and bolster the vital Special Operations mission. Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Kathy Castor and officials from the city of St. Petersburg gathered today at the Coliseum to highlight clean-energy initiatives – and the jobs that come with them – made possible by a $2.4 million U.S. Department of Energy grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Read more »

In 2009, Tampa surgeon Dr. Sharona Ross launched the Women in Surgery initiative at the University of South Florida. Ross was troubled that so few bright, motivated female medical school students chose surgery as their specialty area. She is committed to turning that around. Read more »

U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis (FL-09) and Kathy Castor (FL-11) are working together to keep a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (CST) based in the Tampa Bay area. The Department of Defense has proposed a plan to eliminate just two teams in the United States, one in Clearwater and one in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor announced today that the University of South Florida’s Upward Bound initiative has won a federal grant of nearly $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Education. Upward Bound at USF helps high school students prepare for the rigors of a college education and successful careers. Read more »

On the second anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, Congresswoman Kathy Castor is renewing her call for the Justice Department to enter a legal settlement with the oil company that would put the environmental and economic needs of the Gulf Coast at the forefront. Castor has been advocating for 80 percent of the federal Clean Water Act settlement proceeds to be directed toward the Gulf of Mexico. Castor serves as co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Gulf Coast Caucus. Read more »

At Hillsborough Community College today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor criticized the cuts to Pell Grants, work-study and other education investments under the Republican budget passed by the U.S. House. Castor, HCC President Ken Atwater and an HCC student explained the devastating impact of harsh Republican cuts to students, schools and colleges. Read more »