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West Virginia is open for business when it comes to nuclear power after Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill last week to end the ban on building plants in the state.   That was good news to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., who said the state is now moving in the right direction on nuclear power.   Capito said during a virtual press conference from her Washington office Thursday that she attended a hearing on nuclear energy and it came “on the heels of our governor signing”... Read More

WEIRTON — Several local infrastructure improvement projects will benefit from the Congressional spending bill adopted in recent days.The $1.5 trillion package, which includes $13.6 billion in relief to Ukraine, was approved by the U.S. House on Wednesday, with the Senate passing it Thursday night.According to information released by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., utility and transportation projects will receive funding in Hancock and Brooke counties,... Read More

With inflation higher than it has been in 40 years, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Thursday the most immediate action needed is for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.Another action is to “abandon” the Build Back Better plan because pumping more money into the economy would exacerbate the inflation problem, she said during a virtual press briefing from her Washington office.The U.S. inflation rate rose in January to 7.5 percent, according to government figures,... Read More

Top Republican lawmakers are pushing back against the Biden administration’s efforts to encourage states to prioritize climate resilience, public transit and bike paths over highway expansion projects when allocating new infrastructure funding.   Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Environment and Public Works ranking member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) yesterday sent a letter to the nation’s governors urging them to disregard federal guidance on how... Read More

Republicans are ramping up complaints that the Biden administration is injecting its agenda into its implementation of the bipartisan infrastructure law despite agreements reached by Republicans and Democrats to pass it last year.   In a letter sent Wednesday to governors across the country, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican and ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, expressed concern... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, is the senior Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee.A day after Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill lifting a nuclear power ban in West Virginia, the issue came up on Capitol Hill.U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the senior Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, asked a panel of experts Wednesday about building out nuclear power.Capito is the sponsor of a bill to make it easier to build and license nuclear... Read More

Infrastructure has once again taken center stage in the U.S. as lawmakers and the Biden administration look to implement the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), but on Wednesday top Senate Republicans took issue with a federal push to prioritize "wish list" policies.   Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., sent a letter to 50 governors in... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A day after Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill repealing the statewide ban on nuclear power facilities, one U.S. Senate Committee considered legislation related to nuclear energy production.   The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing Wednesday on two measures related to the development of nuclear technologies in addition to regulation of facilities and waste sites. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is the committee’s ranking member... Read More

WASHINGTON—Top Senate Republicans are pushing back on a Biden administration effort to discourage states from using funds in the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure law to expand highways, as a separate partisan battle over government spending slows the release of much of the public-works money.   In a Wednesday letter, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.) wrote to U.S. governors that they should ignore recent guidance... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVNS) – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) as well as Representative David McKinley (R-WV) announced West Virginia will receive $140,751,000 in Fiscal Year 2022 for the purpose of reclaiming abandoned mine lands.This historic amount of funding was only made possible by the recently enacted bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Infrastructure Investment... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) are asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) preparedness to review advanced nuclear reactor applications.Their letter to GAO Director Gene Dodaro builds several questions Capito, ranking member on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, asked during a committee hearing on December 2021, where she questioned NRC leadership on... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced funding Monday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for projects in Mercer and McDowell counties.Capito and Manchin, both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said the local grants were part of a $9,964,754 funding award from the USDA to West Virginia.“Investing in the development of our local economies in cities, towns, and counties across our state is vital... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is looking forward to hearing from President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee as well as meeting the person.Biden will nominate someone to replace Justice Stephen Breyer later this month. Breyer announced his retirement from the Supreme Court on Jan. 27, in which he will bring his 28 years with the high court to a close when the current term concludes.“I’m looking for a qualified candidate who knows... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is looking forward to hearing from President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee as well as meeting the person.Biden will nominate someone to replace Justice Stephen Breyer later this month. Breyer announced his retirement from the Supreme Court on Jan. 27, in which he will bring his 28 years with the high court to a close when the current term concludes.“I’m looking for a qualified candidate who knows... Read More

WASHINGTON — With hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for broadband expansion in West Virginia, all efforts are being coordinated into a master plan.   Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said during a virtual press briefing Thursday, Gov. Jim Justice last fall announced a $1 billion broadband plan and “a lot of this is federal dollars.”   More money will also come from the infrastructure package, she said, so the numbers are huge.   “This will be... Read More

WASHINGTON — With hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for broadband expansion in West Virginia, all efforts are being coordinated into a master plan.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said during a virtual press briefing Thursday that Gov. Jim Justice last fall announced a $1 billion broadband plan and “a lot of this is federal dollars.”More money will also come from the infrastructure package, she said, so the numbers are huge.“This will be coordinated,” she... Read More

WEST VIRGINIA — The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us just how important broadband connectivity is for our daily lives and many residents in West Virginia live without adequate broadband connections or even no connection at all. Senator Shelley Moore Capito has announced a new broadband initiative to bridge the gap in the Mountain State.This is one of many broadband initiatives in West Virginia at both the state and federal levels. However, Senator Capito’s most recent program is asking... Read More

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee members began laying the groundwork Wednesday for bipartisan bills aimed at bolstering the nation’s recycling programs.Chairman Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., and Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., have drafted legislation that would help standardize data reporting on recycling in the United States and require a slew of reports examining the potential for a national residential composting strategy, the recycling practices of federal agencies and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) took part in a hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill regarding two pieces of legislation that could improve recycling and composting programs.Capito, a ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said a bill she drafted would help recycling accessibility throughout the United States and bring recycling services to underserved areas. It’s called the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility... Read More

As West Virginia’s congressional delegation continues to work for more research dollars headed to Mountain State institutions of higher learning, U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have announced nearly $900,000 from the National Science Foundation for West Virginia University and Fairmont State University.At WVU, funding will go toward two projects: CAREER: Self-Consistent Density Estimates from Accelerometers for Improved Understanding, Modeling, and... Read More