In The News

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

LEWISBURG, WV (WVNS) – Bringing broadband to the rural areas of Southern West Virginia is a mission for lawmakers.U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito met with county commissioners in Greenbrier County on Friday, March 25, 2022. The group discussed broadband internet expansion in Greenbrier County as part of the senator’s Capito Connect plan.Senator Capito said the lack of access to broadband internet and cell phone service in rural areas makes it harder for West Virginia to attract... Read More

Charleston (WCHS) — The Kanawha County commission and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., met with community members on Friday to discuss an earmark for the ongoing Leatherwood water project.   Judy and Ed Newhouse of Leatherwood have been living without running water for nearly 52 years. They were present at the meeting and discussed their past hardships and excitement for the future.   "I'd like to have one good clean glass of water out of my spigot," Ed Newhouse... Read More

After returning from a trip last weekend to Germany and Poland with a first-hand look at what is happening with Ukraine, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ruthless and a war criminal.   “Putin is a war criminal; he has been bombing hospitals and is trying to reduce cities to rubble,” she said during a virtual press conference from her Washington office. “He is trying to break the will of the Ukrainian people who only... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito says she supports allowing the movement of liquefied natural gas by rail.Putting liquefied natural gas, or LNG, on trains could be a way to get more of the fuel to export terminals, where it can be sent to Europe.On Thursday, the Biden administration struck a deal to export more LNG to the European Union. That will help European countries rely less on Russia for their energy needs as Vladimir Putin wages war on Ukraine.Last year, the White House imposed a... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito spoke to members of the West Virginia press Thursday about her recent trip to Germany and Poland and her meeting with Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.   Capito was one of 10 senators from both parties to meet military leaders and German leaders in Germany about security issues as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, to visit a refugee processing center near the Poland-Ukraine border and to meet with members of a Ukranian... Read More

In a case of good timing, a larger funding bill that includes $3 million for a natural gas line extension near Exit 1 in Bluefield has crossed the congressional finish line.The funding request was made last year by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and was included in a larger $241 million congressionally directed spending request in the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations omnibus package.While it took a while for the spending package to make its way through Congress, the funding approval... Read More

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) – We’ve told you about efforts to suspend the state gas taxes in the two Virginians. Senator Shelley Moore Capito says she’s against adjusting the federal tax on fuel. It could save Americans 18.4 cents per gallon at the pump. Capito says the impact on infrastructure is a big reason she’s opposed to temporarily removing the federal gas tax.“First of all the big infrastructure package that we just passed has many new highways, Corridor H, King... Read More

WEIRTON — A portion of the more than $40 million awarded to Brooke and Hancock counties through the recent Congressional spending bill will assist in opening up former steel-making property in Weirton for future economic development opportunities.   Of the funds announced March 11, $3 million was awarded to the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission, and $1 million to the City of Weirton, with the goal of constructing an industrial access road through the Frontier... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito Monday said a weekend fact-finding trip to Germany and Poland helped give her and fellow lawmakers a better perspective of the needs as both of those countries assist Ukraine as it resists invasion by Russia.   Capito, R-W.Va., and other U.S. senators held a press conference Monday afternoon on Capitol Hill to brief the press on their overseas trip. Capito was part of a bipartisan group of senators who left for Germany and Poland Thursday... Read More