Jose Lopez has five mouths to feed and a mortgage to pay. His pregnant wife was recently laid off her job, and they're a month behind their mortgage payments. He brought his family to the Hunt Community Center at Al Lopez Park on Saturday, where financial advisers, bank representatives and nonprofit counselors helped about 600 cash-strapped residents discover ways they may be able to keep their homes. Read more »

Does anybody think this will be good for the state's economy or quality of life? Drilling off the state would do little to lower gas costs, at best a few cents per gallon, and would not even be available for seven years or more. It makes no sense to risk Florida's coast for such a puny payoff. Read more »

This Independence Day, renew your commitment to energy independence through better gas mileage for our cars, innovation, an end to profiteering, conservation and transit. Read more »

Legislation that will expand the GI Bill of Rights was signed into law today, despite strenuous opposition by President Bush. Congresswoman Kathy Castor (D-FL) a co-sponsor of the legislation, joined Democratic sponsors Congressman Harry Mitchell and Senator Jim Webb in backing the legislation. Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar request General Accountability Office (GAO) study on liability and indemnity agreements governing commuter and intercity passenger rail services following controversy over CSX deal during state legislative session. Read more »

Congresswoman Kathy Castor (D-FL) will join her colleague Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), wife of shuttle commander Mark Kelly, to watch the shuttle launch this Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery, including Commander Kelly, will deliver and install Japan's massive lab, Kibo, or Hope, at the international space station. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor has made a point of giving special attention to the financial needs of college students from working-class families during her tenure, and she recently took an important step to ensure bad economic times don't prevent the college-bound from pursuing their dreams. Read more »

Castor on Wednesday said the "safe haven for Al Qaeda in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border is one of the greatest strategic threats to the United States" and the Bush Administration "must refocus" its attention there. "Further, I hope General Petraeus' experiences in Iraq will force him to take into account the wear and tear on our war fighters, their equipment and their families," said Castor. Read more »

The author of a plan to allow drilling as close as 25 miles off Florida withdrew it Wednesday but plans to bring it up again soon. Florida lawmakers, this time led by U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, have blocked drilling that close to Florida, saying it could harm the state's environment and tourism. Read more »

Madam Speaker, let us, as an American community, pause today to remember the legacy Dr. King left for each of us to carry – to dream, to love, and to accept. Read more »