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Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) told The Hill on Wednesday that she will make a bid to join Senate Republican leadership starting in 2023. Capito, who currently serves as an advisor to Senate GOP leadership, said that she would run to be vice chairman of the Senate GOP conference, the No. 5 spot in the caucus. “I will be seeking to join the elected leadership team.  …I just think I have a good sense of American families and the voices of West Virginians... Read More

CHARLESTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, is working on gaining the support of West Virginia’s delegation in the U.S. Senate.Jackson, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, met with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Tuesday morning in an effort to gain Republican support for her nomination. Jackson was welcomed into Capito’s office in the Russell Senate Office Building, where the two talked... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Reaction to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s speech was immediate from the congressional audience, and quite supportive.All five members of the West Virginia Congressional Delegation condemned Vladimir Putin’s Russian invasion from the start and today was no different.Reaction from West Virginia’s Congressional Delegation to President Zelenskyy’s was swift this morning.Addresses to a Joint Session of Congress by a foreign leader are fairly... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC (WOWK) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) welcomed historic Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson for a meeting in her office this morning.Capito said in a statement that they had a “candid conversation” about Brown Jackson’s background and records as a judge. The senator says she will “keep an open mind” as she “carefully consider her nomination.”“I congratulate Judge Jackson on her historic nomination and look... Read More

PARKERSBURG — For the security of the nation and the world, the United States needs to be energy independent, but the policies of the Biden administration are prohibiting that, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said during a virtual press conference Thursday.Stopping construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and enacting a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal lands has increased the country’s reliance on foreign oil, Capito said in a speech on the Senate floor just... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., met Tuesday with Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, in which the senator said the two had a “candid conversation” regarding Jackson’s judicial background and opinions.The meeting between Capito and Jackson came less than a week before the Senate Judiciary Committee begins a series of hearings on the nomination. Capito and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., do not serve on the committee.“Today, I met... Read More

PRINCETON — The RiffRaff Arts Collective in Princeton has been awarded $637,000 to help develop a new center for industrial history.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., made the announcement last week as part of $241 million earmarked for West Virginia through the Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus package.The Lonnie Gunter, Jr. Center for Industrial History will be located in the city’ historic East End.Lori McKinney, Executive Director of the RiffRaff Arts Collective (RRAC), said the... Read More

WASHINGTON (WTRF) — Senator Shelley Moore Capito is calling for energy independence.This is all because of the rising gas prices and the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine.Senator Capito says it’s become apparent the United States is reliant on Russian oil. The West Virginia Senator says we need an “all of the above” package deal, something the Biden Administration hasn’t budged on.She also says the gas prices aren’t because of Russia. Capito claims the prices were... Read More

A $3 million grant to install a gas line on John Nash Boulevard in Bluefield has “finally crossed the finish line.”Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., who championed the grant, said it is part of a $241 million congressionally directed spending in West Virginia through the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations omnibus package.Bluefield State and Concord University will also receive funding.“I am thrilled to see this money heading directly to West Virginia,” Capito said in the... Read More

It’s hard to deny the effort underway in Washington, D.C., to change America’s role as a global energy giant.This effort has taken many forms. The latest push by some Democrats is to coerce banks to pull back funding to fossil-fuel companies through a process termed “de-banking.”One proponent of de-banking is Sarah Bloom Raskin. She is President Joe Biden’s pick to serve as vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board, a position that would give her authority over... Read More

WASHINGTON — For the security of the nation and the world, the United States needs to be energy independent, but the policies of the Biden administration are prohibiting that, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said during a virtual press conference Thursday.Stopping construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and enacting a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal lands has increased the country’s reliance on foreign oil, Capito said in a speech on the Senate floor just... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Thursday the Biden Administration made a “big misstep” in failing to send MIG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine.“I do not understand the Biden Administration’s policy on this,” she said of the reversal of a plan to provide the jets from Poland for Ukrainian pilots who are already trained to fly them.Talk of sending the MIGs to Ukraine surfaced recently when the U.S. said it would “backfill” Poland’s MIGs if the... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and 35 of her Republican colleagues, are seeking a detailed listing from the Biden administration on how the first $6 trillion in pandemic relief funding has been spent.It’s a reasonable request, particularly considering that the administration is now asking Congress for another $30 billion in COVID-19 relief.The public has a right to know how these tax payer dollars are being spent. There should be a full and complete public disclosure of where... Read More

West Virginia lawmakers led the charge in Washington, D.C., to stop our country’s financial support of Russia through our use of their fossil fuels. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., sponsored the Ban Russian Energy Imports Act. U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., introduced similar legislation Monday in the U.S. House.President Joe Biden heard their calls and Tuesday announced a ban on Russian energy imports.Biden made a wise choice in listening to our... Read More

West Virginia lawmakers are leading the charge in Washington, D.C., to stop our country’s financial support of Russia through our use of their fossil fuels. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., have sponsored the Ban Russian Energy Imports Act.U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., is working on similar legislation to be introduced in the House of Representatives.Good. If anyone is qualified to reassure nervous lawmakers our country CAN stand without fossil fuels... Read More

Republicans balked at the Biden administration’s request for billions more in pandemic funding, citing a lack of transparency to show Congress how the trillions of dollars already allocated to address COVID-19 have been spent.The U.S. government has used about $5 trillion in pandemic relief out of about $5.7 trillion in total aid appropriated by Congress since the onset of the pandemic. So far, slightly over $3.6 trillion has been paid out to recipients such as the... Read More

BERKELEY SPRINGS — The March meeting for the Region 9 Planning and Development Council, serving Berkeley, Morgan and Jefferson counties, took place at the newly renovated Cacapon State Park Lodge.U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., attended the meeting in person to discuss broadband and infrastructure and made comments on the current situation with the Ukraine and Russia.“I think what is at the top of the mind for everybody is what is going on in the Ukraine, and the invasion by... Read More

LOGAN, W.Va. — Broadband expansion projects in Logan and Mingo counties are now full steam ahead or as recent funding will allow projects to be — full fiber ahead.$19.7 million is coming from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to expand broadband services in those two counties. The funding will support Logan and Mingo counties’ Fiber to the Premises project, which enables last-mile... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s U.S. senators are not committed to passing President Joe Biden’s agenda as presented during last week’s State of the Union address, but Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., recognize possible areas for congressional action.   Biden used the 62-minute speech to reinforce the United States’ opposition to Russia’s actions against Ukraine as well as push his domestic policy agenda,... Read More

U.S. senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito were among those who spoke today with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who continues to ask for a range of help as his country remains under a Russian siege.“WV continues to support the free people of Ukraine,” Capito wrote on Twitter.West Virginia’s two senators participated on a teleconference call with almost 300 members of Congress and Zelensky.“It was an honor to hear directly from President Zelensky... Read More