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E&E DAILY | Republicans yesterday proposed legislation to prevent President Joe Biden from declaring a climate emergency, a day after another dire warning from scientists about the consequences of climate change.Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) led introduction of the "Real Emergencies Act," which would specify that the president cannot declare a national emergency because of climate change.It's in part a messaging effort aimed at tying Biden to... Read More

Congressional earmarks are back.   The process by which politicians attach funding for a variety of projects in their home state or district returned with the $1.5 trillion federal government spending bill approved last month after an 11-year absence.   A New York Times analysis of the earmarks finds that members of the Senate and House of Representatives* included 4,962 earmarks totaling over $9 billion in the budget. Democrats had more earmark spending than... Read More

With the goal of the United States to provide more LNG (liquid natural gas) to Europe in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) remains mired in court cases, but that could change.   Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said during a virtual press briefing from her Washington office Thursday the pipeline is almost 95 percent complete but court cases related to federal permitting processes have delayed completion.   That has prompted her as well... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday she would not be among Republicans in the Senate to vote for the confirmation of federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination for the Supreme Court.   During a virtual conference call with West Virginia media Thursday morning, Capito, R-W.Va., said she respected Jackson’s resume and accomplishments, but she just couldn’t bring herself to support the nomination after listening to her testimony before the Senate... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Thursday she will not support the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.   Captio, who also opposed Jackson’s nomination to the U,S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, said during a virtual press conference from her Washington office Thursday morning a major concern was some of Jackson’s previous decisions related to the separation of powers where she ruled in a “philosophical... Read More

CHARLESTON – U.S. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday she would not be among Republicans in the Senate to vote for the confirmation of federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination for the Supreme Court.   During a virtual conference call with West Virginia media Thursday morning, Capito, R-W.Va., said she respected Jackson’s resume and accomplishments, but she just couldn’t bring herself to support the nomination after listening to her testimony before the Senate... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s U.S. senators on Friday criticized the Biden administration’s decision to end the Title 42 public health order.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the termination of the policy. Title 42 has required the expulsion of unauthorized single adults and families arriving in the United States to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.The termination takes effect May 23.The Trump administration implemented the policy in March... Read More

President Joe Biden said Friday the Title 42 policy at the southern border will end on May 23, but both U.S. senators from West Virginia say that is a mistake and it will create a possible record surge of immigrants.   “Through policy decision after policy decision, President Biden has created a crisis that is about to balloon into a full-blown catastrophe,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Friday after Biden announced the end date.   “Rescinding the U.S.... Read More

The U.S. border with Mexico is overwhelmed with individuals trying to either enter the country illegally or claim asylum.And things are going to get worse.President Biden is expected to lift Title 42, a public health provision the federal government has used since the Trump administration to stop the potential spread of Covid in this country by preventing would-be immigrants from crossing the border to claim asylum.NBC News reports, “The policy, which the (Biden administration) officials... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., will vote against confirming federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.   Capito announced Thursday she does not support Jackson’s nomination to the high court, noting she made the decision following the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings on the nominee.   Capito and Jackson had a one-on-one meeting ahead of the committee hearings, in which Capito noted at the... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Thursday she will not support the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.   Capito, who also opposed Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, said during a virtual press conference from her Washington office Thursday morning a major concern was some of Jackson’s previous decisions related to the separation of powers where she ruled in a “philosophical... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced today via news release that she will not vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United State Supreme Court.President Joe Biden nominated Jackson to fill the vacancy left with the retirement of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer.Capito said she took her duty to evaluate Jackson’s nomination seriously and approached it with an open mind, meeting with Jackson in Capito’s office to discuss her background and record,... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito shared her views with the West Virginian press Thursday on President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee and on Biden moves on gas prices and immigration.   Capito said that after meeting with Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and watching her Senate hearings, “I have decided that I cannot vote for her nomination for the Supreme Court.   “We had a very great conversation,” Capito said, and she recognizes... Read More

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – Senator Shelley Moore Capito has joined a group of women senators who are standing up for girls’ education in Afghanistan.According to a release from Capito, the Taliban is preventing Afghan girls from getting an education by backing out on a prior commitment to allow the girls into secondary schools. The group of female senators sent a letter to President Biden asking him to step in.“Across Afghanistan, girls showed up to school last Wednesday, excited by... Read More

WASHINGTON (TND) — West Virginia Republican Senator Shelley Moore-Capito warns if Russian President Vladimir Putin can kill innocent women and children — he can do anything.Capito — along with a group of nine other senators — traveled to Poland and Germany to see the impact this war is having on neighboring nations.“When we were in Poland, I was really struck by the incredible strength of the Polish people in helping their neighbor in Ukraine...both on the refugee... Read More

West Virginia’s senators have taken this inflection point of national energy policy to advance an “all-of-the-above strategy” while also promoting continued use of fossil fuels.   Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican, have described similar energy themes in recent hearings of committees where they are in leadership positions. Their remarks are in line with long-held positions but reflect particular concern about energy-rich... Read More

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — A man who has built hotels throughout the country has announced plans to develop one in his home town. Charlie Wendell of Mountain Shores Property, was surrounded by state and local figures in Fayetteville Monday to unveil the $15 Million dollar investment to transform the old Fayetteville Schools into a hotel and townhome complex.   “Two words come to my mind when I think of the project.. One is excited and the second is humbled. I’m extremely... Read More

West Virginia’s senators have taken this inflection point of national energy policy to advance an “all-of-the-above strategy” while also promoting continued use of fossil fuels.   Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat, and Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican, have described similar energy themes in recent hearings of committees where they are in leadership positions. Their remarks are in line with long-held positions but reflect particular concern about energy-rich... Read More

Fayetteville was searching for the perfect partner to spur some significant redevelopment in town, and it turned to a prominent family which has made significant contributions for years.   Gov. Jim Justice joined Mountain Shore Properties LLC Monday in announcing a historic redevelopment of former Fayetteville school houses in the seat of Fayette County government. The three former schools, located in the heart of Fayetteville, will be transformed into a boutique hotel,... Read More

PARKERSBURG — A Wood County company is receiving a $233,250 federal grant and $150,000 loan guarantee to help fund its installation of a solar power array at West Virginia Wesleyan College.   The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program is providing the money for the 500-kilowatt solar array, whose installation was completed at the private school in Buckhannon in December, said Chip Pickering, manager of Pickering Energy Solutions in... Read More