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The Senate this week could vote on a resolution that seeks to overturn a Biden administration water regulation, following House passage earlier this month.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the vice chair of the Republican conference, had initially said the measure would be voted on last week, but it never came to the floor for a vote. A GOP aide said the measure could receive a vote this week.The resolution, which the administration has said Biden would veto, would overturn a regulation that... Read More

West Virginia was one of 15 states selected to receive a $1 million, one-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) planning grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).In 2024, up to 10 of the 15 states selected will participate in the CCBHC Medicaid demonstration program and receive enhanced Medicaid reimbursement. The funding for the expansion of the CCBHC demonstration program was... Read More

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador told U.S. lawmakers over the weekend that he would personally work with China to quell trans-Pacific shipments of fentanyl precursors that are processed into the deadly drug in Mexico, according to two of the American representatives.The commitment was made in a long meeting in Mexico City over the weekend, where López Obrador discussed an array of issues with a bipartisan group of eight senators and four House members.“One of the interesting parts... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC (LOOTPRESS) – This week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-W.Va.-01), sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to ensure the protection of domestic hardwood plywood manufacturers, following concern that manufacturing in this sector has been disrupted in recent years due to China’s unfair import practices.“The Coalition’s five-member companies employ thousands... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said she continues to be a strong supporter of Ukraine regardless of what some Republicans are saying, including former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.Trump has already declared his candidacy for the GOP nomination to run for president in 2024, and DeSantis is expected to join the race.At the recent CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference), Trump said he would end the war in one day and emphasized he had always “got along very well... Read More

CHARLESTON — While Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill Friday to address future solvency issues for the health insurance plan for public employees, the plan that provides healthcare for retired public workers could be facing cuts.President Joe Biden’s administration has proposed two rules for the Medicare Advantage program, a health insurance option where a private company contracts with Medicare to offer specific Medicare health plans.The first rule would require health insurance companies... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $355,372 for West Virginia International Yeager Airport from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through the Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) Program.This funding was made available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and supports erosion control and improved drainage on... Read More

The U.S. Comptroller General would be required to investigate the capacity of airlines to prepare for and respond to extreme weather events and natural disasters under bipartisan legislation introduced on March 14 by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV).The Airline Operational Resiliency Act of 2023, S. 787, would ensure that Congress receives information about airlines’ operational investments, staffing levels and safety policies, mitigation strategies, and other resiliency planning, as well... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said a budget proposal for the next fiscal year from President Joe Biden is likely “dead on arrival” in Congress.Speaking during a virtual briefing with West Virginia reporters from her offices on Capitol Hill Thursday, Capito, R-W.Va., called Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2024 a stealth tax increase on small business owners while ignoring the military support or funding for the southern border.“The presidential budget is pretty much dead on arrival... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (LOOTPRESS) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, today announced a total of $26,484,023 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 funds for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Programs in West Virginia through the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). The HIDTA program supports Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said a budget proposal for the next fiscal year from President Joe Biden is likely “dead on arrival” in Congress.Speaking during a virtual briefing with West Virginia reporters from her offices on Capitol Hill Thursday, Capito, R-W.Va., called Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2024 a stealth tax increase on small business owners while ignoring the military support or funding for the southern border.“The presidential budget is pretty much dead on arrival... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said a budget proposal for the next fiscal year from President Joe Biden is likely “dead on arrival” in Congress.Speaking during a virtual briefing with West Virginia reporters from her offices on Capitol Hill Thursday, Capito, R-W.Va., called Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2024 a stealth tax increase on small business owners while ignoring the military support or funding for the southern border.“The presidential budget is pretty much dead on arrival... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said a budget proposal for the next fiscal year from President Joe Biden is likely “dead on arrival” in Congress.Speaking during a virtual briefing with West Virginia reporters from her offices on Capitol Hill Thursday, Capito, R-W.Va., called Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2024 a stealth tax increase on small business owners while ignoring the military support or funding for the southern border.“The presidential budget is pretty much dead on arrival... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said a budget proposal for the next fiscal year from President Joe Biden is likely “dead on arrival” in Congress.Speaking during a virtual briefing with West Virginia reporters from her offices on Capitol Hill Thursday, Capito, R-W.Va., called Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2024 a stealth tax increase on small business owners while ignoring the military support or funding for the southern border.“The presidential budget is pretty much dead on arrival... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — During a virtual press conference Thursday, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito spoke at length about what she claims are pitfalls in President Joe Biden’s proposed federal budget, calling it “dead on arrival.”Capito said the proposal is an “expression of the president’s priorities,” which she said she does not share and could be detrimental to the American public.“These are misplaced priorities,” Capito said. “The president is prioritizing more and more spending. We’ve seen over... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a member of the senate commerce, science, and transportation committee and the senate appropriations committee, announced $3,018,536 from the federal aviation administration (faa) through the airport infrastructure grant program – including $2,053,888 for North Central West Virginia Airport and $964,648 for West Virginia Yeager International Airport.The funding was made available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and supports... Read More

MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito talked with members of the West Virginia press on Thursday, covering the Biden budget, carbon sequestration, the Pleasants Power Station and Medicare.President Biden has proposed a $6.9 trillion budget paid for, in part, by $5.5 trillion in tax hikes across 10 years. The budget represents Biden’s priorities, Capito said. “Honestly, these are misplaced priorities.”And it’s dead on arrival, she said.White House fact sheets say, “President Biden believes... Read More

The top Environmental Protection Agency official on water policy reassured senators on Wednesday that the agency will give states flexibility in deciding how to spend the $48 billion for water and wastewater funds that was included in the bipartisan infrastructure bill.“The states are very much in the driver's seat in selecting the projects that really meet the needs of their residents,” said Radhika Fox, the assistant administrator for water at the EPA.At the hearing, West Virginia Sen. Shelley... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $5,561,366 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a research project at West Virginia University (WVU).Specifically, the project aims to improve the overall understanding of methane and other emissions from storage tanks at upstream oil and natural gas sites. “West Virginia University continues to be a leader in a variety of research fields across the... Read More

PARKERSBURG — In addition to setting maximum contaminant levels for C8, Tuesday’s proposed EPA rules also tighten the focus on its replacement, GenX, and related chemicals.C8, or PFOA, was phased out of the manufacturing process at the Washington Works plant in Washington, W.Va., and has not been used there and at other sites since before Chemours’ creation in 2015, said Cassie Olszewski, media relations and financial communications manager for Chemours. It was replaced in 2012 by... Read More