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President Biden's nominee to lead EPA's waste office has set his sights on bolstering the agency's work on contaminated sites and ramping up regulations targeting so-called forever chemicals.During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing yesterday, Carlton Waterhouse listed cracking down on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as a key agenda item for the Office of Land and Emergency Management.In an exchange with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Waterhouse said his office was working... Read More

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. (WDVM) — A voting rights bill has been tied up on Capitol Hill for months. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is now on board with a compromise. How is that playing back home?It’s a showdown over voting rights. The compromise bill would require 15 days of early voting in every state, same-day registration at all polling sites by 2024 and formalize the process for mail-in voting. Manchin’s support unifies the Senate Democratic Caucus. What was the reaction... Read More

CHARLESTON — Former West Virginia State Health Officer Dr. Rahul Gupta made his first appearance before U.S. Senators on Tuesday as they consider his nomination to be the new national drug czar.The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee met Tuesday morning to consider several nominations by President Joe Biden for federal judgeships and other offices, including Gupta’s nomination as the new director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.“I’m honored that President Biden... Read More

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito was in Martinsburg Wednesday, touring the new Martinsburg Police Department headquarters and talking to some old friends.Capito told MetroNews affiliate WEPM Radio, “I want to support Mayor (Kevin) Knowles in his new position.  He’s done a great job.  We’ve known each other a long time.  I also want to support the chief (Police Chief George Swartwood),” Capito said. “Law enforcement is so... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, on Wednesday questioned President Biden’s nominee to oversee Superfund cleanup about a six-year-old tweet containing an exhortation to "#ResistCapitalism.Carlton Waterhouse, Biden’s nominee for assistant administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management at the Environmental Protection Agency, was one of three nominees who came before the committee... Read More

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (WDVM) — With all the craziness on Capitol Hill these days — budgets, taxes, foreign policy, voting rights — West Virginia U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito slipped away midweek for a few hours to pay a visit to Martinsburg’s new mayor, Kevin Knowles.Capito also took the time to meet with Martinsburg’s police chief and discuss pressing demands in the Mountain State’s fastest growing county. Public safety and transportation are important... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WDTV) – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced she will host four Academy Days this fall for West Virginia students interested in learning more about admissions to the U.S. Service Academies and ROTC scholarships.During each event, admissions representatives from the following U.S. Service Academies will be on site to answer questions: Air Force, Coast Guard, Military (Army), and Naval Academies, while information will also... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced she will host four Academy Days this fall for West Virginia students interested in learning more about admissions to the U.S. Service Academies and ROTC scholarships.An event will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sept. 26 at Bridgeport High School, 515 Johnson Ave. in Bridgeport.Other events will be held 2-4 p.m. Saturday at South Charleston High School, 1 Eagle Way in South Charleston; 2-4 p.m.. Sunday at Woodrow Wilson... Read More

PARKERSBURG — Community members and first responders of Wood County banded together in remembrance of 9/11 Saturday at the Bicentennial Park, where Parkersburg unveiled a new memorial inside of Government Square. The memorial is specifically for 9/11 and officials hope that it will help future generations know and remember how 9/11 affected not only our nation, but also the community, and that all who visit this memorial will be reminded thousands of men and women–first responders,... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The 20th anniversary of the most deadly attack on American soil is being remembered in a variety of ways in West Virginia. First responders will gather in several communities to mark the events of Sept. 11, 2001. In Kanawha County, a group of fifth graders at Shoals Elementary School will read the names of 50 of those who died that day in the attacks on the World Trade Center. “We received 50 names out of the 2,983 souls lost and we’re going to be... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia’s leaders reflected on their memories of Sept. 11, 2001, and honored active military service personnel during a recorded commemoration ceremony that was released online and via West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Late-Huntington resident Paul Ambrose died aboard American Airlines Flight 77, which was bound for Los Angeles but was hijacked by terrorists and flown into the Pentagon. He was 32 years old. “It seemed unreal,”... Read More

PADEN CITY — A Wetzel County groundwater site could soon be added to a list of places where remedial cleanup is funded by federal dollars. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed adding the Paden City Groundwater site in Paden City to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for remedial cleanup action financed under the federal Superfund program. The state of West Virginia referred the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) released statements ahead of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took place on Sept. 11, 2001. Today we honor and remember those we lost 20 years ago on September 11, 2001. So many innocent Americans died that dreadful day, and so many Americans have given their lives in defense of our nation in the years since. Words cannot describe my gratitude for our first responders, police,... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding a Paden City location to the list of sites known for releases of hazardous substances or pollutants. The addition of the Paden City groundwater site to the Superfund National Priorities List would allow federal officials to better understand the effects of groundwater contamination and administer possible solutions. According to the EPA, the site consists of three historical dry-cleaning facilities which... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) applauded recent action by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that will implement a new law she introduced to support habitat restoration in the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States. Sen. Capito in September 2019 cosponsored the bipartisan Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense (WILD) Act with bill sponsor U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) to require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to establish the Chesapeake... Read More

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should implement a directive supporting aviation maintenance training schools, wrote U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) in a bipartisan letter sent to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act, which was signed into law by the president in December 2020 as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, directed the FAA to issue interim final regulations to establish requirements for... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and nine Republican colleagues wrote President Biden Thursday seeking answers on how the administration plans to evacuate the Americans and Afghan allies still on the ground in Afghanistan. In the letter to the president, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the senators asked detailed questions, many prompted by constituents in their home states... Read More

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – Gov. Jim Justice and U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin all enjoy the support of the public, according to the latest WV MetroNews West Virginia Poll. The results of the annual poll were presented Friday at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce 85th Annual Meeting and Business Summit at the Greenbrier Resort. The West Virginia Poll, conducted by Research America, surveyed 400 registered voters between Aug. 20-25 via online and phone polling. Of those... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced that $125,000 will go to the West Virginia Coalition To End Homelessness thanks to the Housing and Urban Development’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program. The funding will be used to raise awareness regarding “housing discrimination, provide educational resources, training to landlords, and other housing entities on how to maintain compliance under the Fair Housing Act.” “Every West Virginian... Read More

Imagine being the bureaucrats running the federal agency in charge of ensuring the United States does right by those who were willing to fight and die for this country, and needing to be told to “quickly develop a comprehensive plan to connect Afghanistan and Global War on Terrorism veterans to VA benefits and Services.” A group of 35 U.S. senators, both Republican and Democrat, was concerned enough to send a letter saying just that, earlier this week. Our own Sen. Shelley Moore... Read More