La Congresista de Florida Kathy Castor aplaudió al Presidente Barack Obama hoy para las acciones decisivas y necesarias que él tomó con respecto a restricciones de viajes de levantamiento a Cuba para que las familias más fácilmente puedan visitar a sus amados y enviar el dinero a sus parientes. Read more »

Childs Park is a low-income, crime-ridden area of St. Petersburg. Even during good economic times, conditions and life there are mostly desperate, especially for teenagers and young adults during the summer months when school is out. Each summer, local leaders manage to keep many young people busy and out of trouble through the Summer Youth Internship Program. Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced that $72 million in Recovery Act dollars was released today for Tampa Bay area schools. The money will immediately help save jobs in our schools while improving educational opportunities for thousands of students. Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced today that Tampa Bay area community health centers are receiving approximately $2.7 million through President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This money will preserve and create jobs in the health care industry and will enable Tampa area community health centers to see thousands more patients. Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced today that the Tampa Housing Authority will receive more than $10.5 million through the Recovery Act to upgrade and renovate existing housing units. This funding will enable the housing authority to make critical capital improvements, such as repairing roofs, fixing windows, upgrading heating systems and painting while creating jobs. Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced today that Tampa International Airport will receive $8 million through President Obama’s Recovery Act, enabling projects at the airport to be expedited and leading to the creation of hundreds of well-paying jobs in the Tampa Bay area by this summer. Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced today that Hillsborough Community College will receive a $1.68 million grant to train students in auto collision repair and auto mechanics, an initiative that will create 300 jobs. “This will enable HCC to train our students with the most modern, up-to-date technology so they can graduate and obtain well-paying jobs as auto mechanics,” Castor said. “With the facilities this will make possible, there’s no better place than HCC to receive this training.” Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor said today that the University of South Florida’s initiative to bring electronic prescribing to the Tampa Bay area will bring much-needed and well-paying health care and information technology jobs to the region. “PaperFree Tampa Bay is exactly what was intended by the economic recovery plan,” Castor said. “It’s going to create the high-wage jobs of the future.” PaperFree Tampa Bay is a guaranteed job creator as intended by the Recovery Act, creating more than 130 in the Tampa Bay area. Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor hailed the passage of provisions that allow family members to more frequently visit their relatives in Cuba. The provisions are contained in the annual appropriations bill. “This is a huge victory for families in the Tampa Bay area,” Castor said. “The unnecessary hardship of these burdensome restrictions has finally been lifted for Cuban-Americans and their loved ones.” Read more »

La Congresista Kathy Castor aclamó el paso de las provisiones que permiten a miembros de familia visitar a sus parientes en Cuba con más frecuencia. Las provisiones están contenidas en la propuesta de apropiaciones anual. "Esto es una enorme victoria para familias en la Bahía de Tampa," Castor dijo. "La dificultad innecesaria de estas restricciones pesadas finalmente ha sido levantada para Americanos cubanos y sus amados familiares. " Read more »