Kathy Castor

U.S. Representative, FL-14

Democratic Florida since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Government Operations & Budget 2 Environment & Energy 1 Healthcare 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Representative, FL-14 current Florida	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, FL-14 Florida	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District FL-14 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District FL-14 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, FL-14 Florida	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District FL-14 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, FL-14 Florida	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, FL-14 Florida	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District FL-14 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, FL-14 Florida	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District FL-14 United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, FL-14 Florida	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District FL-14 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, FL-11 Florida	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District FL-11 United States	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District FL-11 United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, FL-11 Florida	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, FL-11 Florida	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2009	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District FL-11 United States	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2009	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Energy — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Energy and Commerce unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Communications and Technology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.434, social dim. 0.080. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
S 2503 — ROTOR Act	Yea	Feb 24, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6329 — Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025	Yea	Feb 24, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2189 — Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act	Nay	Feb 12, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 261 — Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 261 — Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 72 — Relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 2025.	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3617 — Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3617 — Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act	Yea	Feb 11, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1057 — Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1383) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes…	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1057 — Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1383) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes…	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1042 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and…	Nay	Feb 10, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1042 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and…	Nay	Feb 10, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1531 — PROTECT Taiwan Act	Yea	Feb 9, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act	Yea	Feb 9, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision…	Nay	Feb 4, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4090 — Critical Mineral Dominance Act	Nay	Feb 4, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4090 — Critical Mineral Dominance Act	Yea	Feb 4, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1032 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year…	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1032 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year…	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3123 — Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act	Yea	Feb 2, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 980 — Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025	Yea	Feb 2, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 68 — To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,005 recorded contributions totalling $1,276,586. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 89 of 1005 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Corporate PAC	43	$215,000	17%
Big donor	41	$114,450	9%
Super PAC	5	$1,042	0%
Unclassified	916	$946,094	74%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$5,000	LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Nov 1, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	ACT BLUE	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Jun 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 27, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Aug 18, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 15, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	340B HEALTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Aug 11, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	BALL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 18, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Sep 28, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Oct 14, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	DRIVE COMMITTEE	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Oct 15, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC)	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Oct 14, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)	CASTOR FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Oct 23, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.