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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and several Republican senators unveiled their own infrastructure plan in hopes of finding compromise with President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan.Capito, R-W.Va., the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, spoke with reporters Thursday about the Republican Roadmap, an infrastructure package unveiled earlier Thursday at a press conference in the U.S. Capitol. “Our purpose today is... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., joined with four other leading GOP senators Thursday to unveil their trimmed-down counter proposal to President Biden’s $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan. The Republican Roadmap, a five-year plan, comes in at about a quarter of the price: $568 billion. “What I did with my Republican colleagues was to try to get a consensus document that would say, ‘This is what we believe Americans believe physical core infrastructure... Read More

Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., led the rollout of a narrower Republican counterproposal to President Biden’s infrastructure proposal. “We’re ready to sit down and get to work on this,” Capito said during a noon press conference. “I think that’s probably the biggest message we want to put forward today, that this is important to us. The Senate Republican proposal amounts to $568 billion over five years — significantly less than the $2.3 trillion... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — West Virginia stands to gain a lot of money for highways, roads and bridges if a $2.3 trillion infrastructure bill from President Biden is approved. But critics say the bill contains “poison pills” like funding for things such as home health care, environmental projects, and even the arts. Because of that, one key Democrat is saying no, at least for now. “I want to make sure we get a good infrastructure bill, and I mean infrastructure. We can do... Read More

(WTRF) After this week’s announcement of a ‘pause’ on the single dose Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, many across the nation were rattled. So– is this announcement deterring those who were teetering on whether to get vaccinated or not? Well– West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito simply says, it definitely has not had a positive effect. She says many were waiting to see the effects the vaccine had on their family and friends, and this... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. — Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Thursday she may be on board with some elements of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan, but the “massive spending bill really misses the mark.” The $2.2 trillion American Jobs Plan covers an array of initiatives, but for Capito the focus should be on roads, bridges and broadband as well as water, wastewater management and other traditional infrastructure items, especially those that are jobs... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced $17,265,820 awarded for six health centers in West Virginia from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Our health centers are the backbone of our healthcare system and provide quality care for West Virginians, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. I am pleased HHS is continuing to invest in health centers across West Virginia to help them provide essential medical... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — A $50,000 award from the National Science Foundation will support a West Virginia University Research Corporation research project that seeks to develop technology to assist the general public, military, first responders, and medical professionals with cardiopulmonary resuscitation. U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the funding Friday. “It’s great to... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) on April 14 introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that aims to reduce medical complications for Alzheimer’s patients by creating a new way to fund dementia care through Medicare.  The new managing care model would help decrease hospitalizations and emergency department visits and delay nursing home placement to help improve the quality of life for patients while making treatment more affordable, according to the... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) on April 15 said raising the corporate tax rate to pay for an infrastructure bill would be a “red line” for Republican senators. Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republicans in the U.S. Senate said Thursday they want an infrastructure plan focused on “core infrastructure” as well as an opportunity to collaborate with Democratic lawmakers on a legislative package. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Republican colleagues spoke about a conceptual infrastructure proposal to counter President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion plan. Republican lawmakers have criticized the Biden proposal for funding... Read More

Large numbers of foreign nationals continue to make their way to the United States through the southern border, and the US immigration system remains overwhelmed. 7NEWS spoke with West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito about the situation. One of the biggest hurdles right now is a lack of immigration judges to hear asylum claims.Additionally, the Senator believes that the more lax immigration policies of the Biden Administration in general have encouraged this recent rise in the number of... Read More

MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito met virtually with members of the West Virginia press on Thursday to talk about President Biden’s American Jobs Plan infrastructure bill and a few other issues. Capito, R-W.Va., offered mixed reviews of the plan, a position shared by her GOP colleagues. On the one hand, she said, “Its a jobs bill. It’s putting our transportation sector into more modernized systems.” Previous surface transportation bills have been bipartisan... Read More

Manchin: West Virginia to receive increase in weekly COVID-19 vaccine allocation WASHINGTON, DC — On Thursday, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) received an update on the weekly increase in COVID-19 vaccine allocation for West Virginia. Next week, West Virginia will receive an increase of 2,340 Pfizer doses, with the state receiving 56,160 first and second Pfizer doses, and an increase of 3,000 Moderna doses with the state receiving 41,600 first and second Moderna doses. “As of today,... Read More

Paden City had a special visitor on Tuesday, March 30, as U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) was in town to visit with City officials and tour the communities new water treatment facility. Capito has been instrumental in helping Paden City obtain funding for clean drinking water and to improve waste water problems plaguing the town. Since 2015 she has partnered with federal officials and worked with the Department of Agriculture and the Army Corps of Engineers in making drinking water... Read More

Washington, D.C. (WV News) — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1 million for agriculture workforce training.The training will take place at Pierpont Community & Technical College and Sprouting Farms' Greenville Farm Kitchen, and at the Eastern Workforce Opportunity Regional Center and Services through the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Both programs... Read More

WASHINGTON — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has made it clear she does not support all of Pres. Joe Biden’s more than $2 trillion American Jobs Plan, but she will insist that any infrastructure plan that is passed will include money for the King Coal Highway and Coalfields Expressway. “That must be part of it,” she said, referring to the federal 80 percent match of highway and bridge construction projects. Both projects are stalled, with construction being done... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito returned from a recent visit to the United States-Mexico border, and said President Joe Biden must change policy and do something to stop the surge of immigrants crossing that border. Capito said three weeks ago she toured an immigrant holding facility near El Paso, Texas, and saw a large and growing number of immigrants at the border who were receiving basic human care. She is concerned their numbers and closeness are spreading COVID, and that drug cartels are... Read More

 Work to widen and improve a five-mile stretch of W.Va. 2 between Kent and the Marshall-Wetzel County line should begin soon and stretch through 2025. On Thursday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, met with state Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Jimmy Wriston to discuss the road work at a facility along the state route. Capito said the work to widen the route from two lanes to four is currently in... Read More