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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WOAY) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today issued the below statement after opposing the $1.9 trillion budget proposal, which passed without a single Republican vote.“Democrats in the Senate chose to use the most partisan method possible to pass a $1.9 trillion budget bill, which included their attempt to provide additional relief for the COVID pandemic,” Senator Capito said. “It’s unfortunate because in the past, COVID relief is one of the few places we... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently joined Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) to introduce the Working Families Flexibility Act, a bill that would give employees more flexibility on how to use their overtime benefits. “Working parents provide for their families, make ends meet, and take care of all the responsibilities that come with maintaining a household,” Senator Capito said. “Those responsibilities also mean the time... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has agreed to meet a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed spending about one-third of the $1.9 trillion he is seeking in coronavirus aid, though congressional Democrats are poised to move ahead without Republican support. Sunday’s invitation to the White House came hours after the lawmakers sent Biden a letter urging him to negotiate rather than try to ram through his relief package solely on Democratic votes. The House and Senate... Read More

CHARLESTON. W.Va. (WVVA) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $8,904.38 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Independent Fire Co. No. 1 in Ranson, West Virginia. This funding was made available through FEMA’s Assistance to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WSAZ) - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and other colleagues Thursday to introduce the Protecting our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act of 2021. The POWER Act would prohibit the president or his secretaries of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from blocking energy or mineral leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters without... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WOAY) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and several other colleagues to reintroduce legislation to help businesses comply with immigration laws by certifying the legal status of their workforce. The Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act would permanently authorize and expand the E-Verify program, an internet-based system that assists employers in determining whether current or prospective employees are... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) re-introduced Ally’s Act, bipartisan legislation that would ensure private insurance companies provide coverage for osseointegrated hearing devices (OIDs), including bone anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) and cochlear implants. OIDs are a type of hearing aid that benefit a wide range of hearing loss victims and are often the only hearing device that can restore... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the incoming top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, is “disappointed” with President Biden’s first-week executive actions targeting the fossil fuel industry, but that won’t deter her from cooperating with Democrats on combating climate change. “I don't feel like being in a pivotal position, my only role is to say no and throw rocks. Hopefully, I won't get too discouraged,” Capito said Monday in an interview... Read More

U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Jan. 22 proposed a bipartisan bill to provide the administrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program the authority to waive the federal fund limitation for the Drug-Free Communities Support Program during the ongoing pandemic. “The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a heartbreaking surge in overdose deaths, which is why it is essential that we give these coalitions the flexibility they need in order to keep... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced on Monday that she, along with her Senate colleagues, have introduced legislation to award Officer Eugene Goodman the Congressional Gold Medal for his heroic actions during the storming of the Capitol. Officer Goodman confronted rioters in the capital, delaying their access to the Senate chamber and protecting the lives of those inside. “Officer Eugene Goodman stood bravely in the face of violence and his... Read More

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) reintroduced a resolution requesting a state funeral and authorizing the use of the Capitol rotunda for the last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient. There are only two living Medal of Honor recipients remaining from WWII, including West Virginia native and Iwo Jima veteran, Woody Williams. This state funeral would not only recognize their individual service and... Read More

There are moments, as you drift through the deep canyon walls of the New River Gorge, when it feels like you’ve got the whole world to yourself. It’s just you and the river, littered with massive, prehistoric boulders that were here when the coal mining camps were built, and the fur trading posts before them, and the Shawnee and Cherokee villages before those. In a river that geologists say could be one of the world’s oldest, you can lose yourself in time. Then the current... Read More

WASHINGTON — A court ruling Tuesday striking down a Trump administration’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule, a rule change lessening regulations on air pollution from power plants burning fossil fuels, is “a disaster,” a West Virginia senator said. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously said the rule was based on a “mistaken reading of the Clean Air Act” and the Environmental Protection... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WOWK) – West Virginia’s U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) attended the inauguration ceremony for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Capito and Manchin both shared statements congratulating the new administration. “Today, I congratulate President Biden and Vice President Harris on their Inauguration. As we have since 2000, Charlie and I had the opportunity to witness this transfer of power. I stand ready to... Read More

West Virginia's Republican Senator Shelley Moore-Capito issued a statement about the impact of first-day decisions by President Biden on the economy. Biden issued a number of executive orders before taking office, including rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline. “This virtue signaling comes at the expense of low-income and rural families that rely upon industries opposed by liberal environmental groups,” she said. Moore-Capito said West... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, of West Virginia, on Friday released a video honoring Chuck Yeager.  Yeager was a Lincoln County native, a military pilot in World War II and Vietnam, achieving the rank of brigadier general, and was the first pilot to break the sound barrier in 1947. Yeager died Dec. 7 at the age of 97. In the video, Capito discussed the stories she had heard of Yeager's accomplishments and deeds, as well as the opportunity to... Read More

The City of Weirton has an opportunity to receive up to $24 million in federal loans to assist with plans to upgrade and expand the city’s utility operations. Mayor Harold Miller was joined Thursday by Utilities Director A.D. “Butch” Mastrantoni and Ward 4 Councilman George Ash to announce the city has been selected to participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program. Participation in the program... Read More

CHARLESTON, W. Va. (WDVM) — After months of hospitals being slammed by the pandemic, some communities in West Virginia will soon be eligible for extra funding. The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy recently changed its definition of the term “rural”. With this change, more counties in West Virginia now meet the requirements to be considered rural. Once this change goes into effect for Fiscal Year 2022, the communities... Read More

CHARLESTON — Since West Virginians sent his wife to Congress 20 years ago, Charlie Capito has learned to expect the unexpected, especially when it comes to the congressional schedule. “These people, they change their schedules a lot,” Capito said, as Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., returned to work in the U.S. Senate one day last month. “I’m sitting here as an example of the schedule changes, because we were supposed to come home yesterday.” Adapting to... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (AP)- U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $339,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Education as part of the most recent COVID-19 relief package to help West Virginia schools respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding can be used for testing, to address learning loss, and to assist schools in ways like improving air quality in buildings as schools prepare for eventual reopening.... Read More