U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) and Tampa Bay’s tourism leaders today rallied at Busch Gardens around the pro-travel provisions of comprehensive immigration reform. The JOLT Act (Jobs Originated through Launching Travel) is part of the Senate-passed comprehensive immigration reform bill and the JOLT Act’s provisions are estimated to facilitate the arrival of nearly 100 million visitors by 2020 and support 1.3 million new domestic jobs, according to the U.S. Travel Association.
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) released the statement below following U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius’ announcement in Tampa today of a major grant to the University of South Florida (USF) as part of the $67 million awarded across the country to “navigators,” who will help consumers and small businesses shop for and enroll in the health insurance marketplace beginning Oct. 1:
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) today highlighted the often-overlooked but critical boost that comprehensive immigration reform would provide to Social Security.
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Today, Rep. Castor announced she signed on to a letter to President Obama addressing her concerns about NSA’s ability to collect bulk telecommunications records. July 25, 2013 President Obama The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: Thank you for your leadership in honoring our responsibility to protect and defend the American people. As you know, our challenge as elected officials is to preserve Americans’ liberties while protecting our national security. Yesterday, the House of...
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Today, U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (D- Tampa/St. Petersburg) released new statistics demonstrating sustained progress of the Affordable Care Act for Tampa Bay area families.
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Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor joined with Pat Mabe, CEO of the Community Health Centers of Pinellas to announce that community health centers across the state of Florida received a total of $8.1 million to help enroll Floridians in the new health insurance marketplace and spread the word about other insurance options available to our neighbors. The Tampa Bay community received over $930,000 to assist our neighbors. Nationwide, $150 million was awarded to over 1,000 health centers.
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Olin Mott was a man who loved the Tampa Bay community and devoted his life to helping people. As generous as he was caring, Olin Mott supported Joshua House and other initiatives for children. He was a booster of USF, particularly teachers in training for our public schools. Our community has lost a great leader and friend. My thoughts and prayers are with his family as we all continue to work to honor his legacy
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) announced today a $1 million grant for the Tampa Bay Academy of Hope. The grant will fund the Academy’s NOW (No Offender Without a Second Chance) initiative that offers support services, training and skills development to help participants ages 16-24 obtain employment.
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