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In encouraging news for transportation construction, leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have reached a bipartisan agreement on a bill that would authorize $303.5 billion over five years for the federal highway program. In unveiling the bill on May 22,  committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), its top Republican, Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), and other key members said the panel is scheduled to vote on the measure on May 26. [View section-by-section summary of... Read More

CHARLESTON — Instead of heading to the White House to meet with officials this week, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito brought the officials to her Tuesday as negotiations on a potential infrastructure package continue. Capito, R-W.Va., and Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., met Tuesday afternoon with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, White House Counselor Steve Ricchetti, Director of... Read More

CHARLESTON — Instead of heading to the White House to meet with officials this week, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito brought the officials to her Tuesday as negotiations on a potential infrastructure package continue. Capito, R-W.Va., and Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., met Tuesday afternoon with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, White House Counselor Steve Ricchetti, Director of... Read More

CHARLESTON — Instead of heading to the White House to meet with officials this week, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito brought the officials to her Tuesday as negotiations on an infrastructure package continue. Capito, R-W.Va., and Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., met Tuesday afternoon with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, White House Counselor Steve Ricchetti, Director of... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — He’s known her for as long as he can remember, once challenging “Shel” to a heart-pumping zipline race down a rugged mountaintop. The way she tells it, they actually first met when he came to measure the carpeting for her new house in the 1970s. The two U.S. senators from West Virginia, Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Shelley Moore Capito, grew up in politically prominent families and now find themselves playing central roles in President... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — He’s known her for as long as he can remember, once challenging “Shel” to a heart-pumping zipline race down a rugged mountaintop. The way she tells it, they actually first met when he came to measure the carpeting for her new house in the 1970s. The two U.S. senators from West Virginia, Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Shelley Moore Capito, grew up in politically prominent families and now find themselves playing central roles... Read More

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s two U.S. Senators and Northern West Virginia’s congressman toured the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg on Monday one week after a former employee was sentenced for multiple murders at the facility. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., along with 1st District Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., toured the medical center Monday morning with Denis McDonough, the new secretary if the U.S. Department of Veterans... Read More

CLARKSBURG – Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito and Rep. David McKinley joined Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough at the Clarksburg VA hospital Monday for a tour and a discussion of the failures that allowed Reta Mays to murder eight patients. McDonough read the names of the eight victims during a press conference that followed the tour. “No words can ease the pain or the suffering and losses for families, caregivers and survivors,” he said. “VA must... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,473,820 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources for cancer prevention and control programs. West Virginia is disproportionately impacted by cancer, making this funding to our state all the more important. Providing resources like these to help West Virginians... Read More

Six years after a landslide at Yeager Airport sent dirt and debris tumbling into the valley below, the runways at this hilltop transportation hub in Charleston, W.Va., still could use some upgrades. The need for the new investment was obvious to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, who donned a hard hat and toured the airport to see some of its other ongoing construction projects in March. “A lot of our infrastructure is falling apart,” she told local reporters at the time. Now, the fate of... Read More

Following the sentencing of former nursing aide Reta Mays, West Virginia’s U.S. senators say hard work must be done to assure confidence in the Clarksburg veterans hospital where multiple patients died after being administered lethal doses of insulin. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., says he is meeting Monday with Denis McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. “I want to make sure he understands the need to absolutely overhaul the management and the... Read More

Two senior Senate Republicans accused President Joe Biden of violating the law by holding up border wall construction that Congress specifically approved under the Trump administration, and they are pushing a government watchdog to force the White House's hand. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and Vice Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama pushed Wednesday for the Government Accountability Office... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.V. — Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia, was juggling visits across her state and preparations to tee up a potential infrastructure deal when she learned that the top Senate Republican had described himself as “100 percent focused” on stopping President Biden’s agenda.The comment from Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, delivered in his home state, was a harsh reminder for Ms. Capito of the tricky politics she was navigating as the... Read More

LANSING, West Virginia — Shelley Moore Capito, the first woman U.S. senator from West Virginia and the daughter of the late Gov. Arch Moore, said she remains confident President Joe Biden is taking seriously the infrastructure outline she and several other Republicans submitted to the White House. “I came up with a Republican plan, working with the other ranking members on committees to formulate a Republican response, ” Capito said in an interview with... Read More

FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WOAY) – U.S. Senators, Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito were in town Wednesday, to officially mark a new beginning at what is now called, The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.Manchin and Capito marked the historic day with the unveiling of a new sign. The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is America’s 63rd and newest National Park.“We’ve allowed for years and years and years for people to define us,” Manchin said. “They... Read More

Six years after a landslide at Yeager Airport sent dirt and debris tumbling into the valley below, the runways at this hilltop transportation hub in Charleston, W.Va., still could use some upgrades. The need for the new investment was obvious to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, who donned a hard hat and toured the airport to see some of its other ongoing construction projects in March. “A lot of our infrastructure is falling apart,” she told local reporters at the time. Now,... Read More

U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito joined local leaders in unveiling the new signage May 5 for the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve and later joined a roundtable at Adventures on the Gorge to discuss priority regional community and economic development needs to grow the outdoor economy. Gayle Manchin, the newly confirmed federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission also attended. Organizations and stakeholders in the New River Gorge region are grateful for the... Read More

It shouldn’t have surprised too many West Virginians that three of our elected officials representing the Mountain State in Washington, D.C., are three of the most bipartisan. According to the Lugar Center-McCourt School of Public Policy Index, which covers the 2019-2021 congressional session, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is ranked the sixth most bipartisan senator, while Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., is ranked the 10th most bipartisan U.S. House member. U.S. Sen. Joe... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)—On Thursday, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Representatives David McKinley (WV-1), Alex Mooney (WV-2) and Carol Miller (WV-3) called on President Biden to grant Governor Jim Justice’s request for a federal disaster declaration. Heavy rains between February 27 and March 4 caused flooding, landslides and mudslides throughout the state, resulting in widespread damage. The counties affected were Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln,... Read More

LANSING — The rain and wind made their presence felt Wednesday morning at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center. But that did little to dampen the spirits of those assembled for a special ceremony to unveil new signage for the recent change in designation for the local entity of the federal park system. "On behalf of the National Park Service and all of our staff here at the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, we are deeply honored, thrilled, delighted ...," said Lizzie Watts,... Read More