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Speaker Pelosi Places Castor at the Heart of Health Care Reform
Dec 11, 2008
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Dec. 11, 2008
Speaker Pelosi Places Castor at the Heart of Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Congresswoman Kathy Castor was appointed last night to the exclusive House Energy and Commerce Committee. The committee directly focuses...
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Florida Democrats reminded House leaders of no-drilling protections enacted in a 2006 law
Sep 11, 2008
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It's hard to believe this worked.
Tuesday, Florida's Gulf Coast was in the sights of House Democratic leaders crafting a bill to expand offshore oil and gas exploration.
By Wednesday, Florida Democrats apparently had convinced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that Florida gave up enough in 2006, w...
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U.S. REP. CASTOR'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BUSH LIFTING PRESIDENTIAL MORATORIUM ON OIL DRILLING
Jul 14, 2008
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President Bush and VP Cheney continue to side with Big Oil over the interests of the American people. Bush’s claim that drilling off of coastal Florida will lower gas prices is a hoax and a sham. Even Florida’s biggest pro business lobby states that drilling off our coast will not do anything to low...
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Castor, other Democrats blast Bush's oil drilling plan
Jul 14, 2008
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor says if oil companies are interested in drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, they should consider millions of acres already available to them that's not being tapped.
Castor, a Tampa Democrat, called President Bush's executive order to lift the ban on oil drilling off the coast...
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Floridians Should Not Be Panicked Into Sacrificing Their Coast
Jul 11, 2008
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Big oil interests are using big lies to promote oil drilling off Florida's coast. Trying to capitalize on the public's dismay over high gas prices, the drill-everywhere crowd is misleading citizens about the likely consequences.
Drilling, they say, represents no threat. Keep the rigs out of sigh...
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Declaring Independence From Big Oil
Jul 4, 2008
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Hardworking Tampa Bay area families are being squeezed by the rising costs of health care, housing, property insurance and, of course, gas prices. Many reformers have been standing up to the White House and urging them for years to change direction and focus on long-term solutions to our energy chal...
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CASTOR: CONGRESS IMPROVES INVESTMENT IN RAIL AS GAS PRICES SKYROCKET
Jun 10, 2008
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For the first time since 1997 and as the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline hit $4, Congresswoman Kathy Castor and the powerful House Rules Committee moved the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 to the floor of the House for consideration today. The Act is ...
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Plan withdrawn -- for now -- on drilling as close as 25 miles to Florida coast
Apr 17, 2008
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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.
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Core Of Energy Bill Promotes Conservation And Independence
Dec 10, 2007
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The energy bill just passed by the U.S. House is far from perfect, but it would give the nation a hearty push toward energy conservation, a push Congress has avoided for too long.
The most important features would, by 2020, raise vehicle fuel-economy standards to 35 miles per gallon and req...
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Castor tours Clean Energy Research Center
Dec 10, 2007
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Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a landmark energy bill that could increase vehicle fuel efficiency standards and require that 15 percent of electricity be generated from renewable sources by 2020. But the Senate is exp...
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