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PRICHARD, W.Va. (AP) — A federal grant will assist with the operations of a railroad facility in West Virginia.U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced the $376,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration last month. The senators said in a statement that the grant will support the Marshall University Research Corp. with the operations.Ownership of the Heartland Intermodal Gateway facility was transferred from the state to the Wayne County Commission last August.... Read More

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — Officials with the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the approval of a grant that will help plan improvements in pedestrian, bicycle, and motorized safety in the Fayette and Raleigh County region.The Safe Streets and Roads for All proposal was submitted September 20, 2022, by the Fayette Raleigh Metropolitan Planning Organization. The grant was approved at $199,200 by the U.S. DOT and through the assistance of New River Gorge Regional Development Authority, another... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The proposed Harmony Grove interchange off I-79 near Morgantown got a renewed push from U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito during the West Virginia Association of Counties meeting in Charleston on Monday.Capito was there to address county leaders when she learned from Monongalia County Commission President Tom Bloom that the project had been moved down on the state Division of Highways’ priority list“I asked her if she could give a nudge to the state DOH to find out why they... Read More

U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Feb. 2 introduced a joint resolution that would nullify the Biden administration’s “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule.The joint resolution would overturn the WOTUS rule published on Jan. 18 by the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that voids the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule, reverting back to the Obama administration’s expansion of federal jurisdiction to... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito held one of her regular virtual conversations with members of the West Virginia press at the end of last week, covering such issues as inflation and permitting reform.“This week has really highlighted what I see is one of the grave concerns that I get from West Virginians, which is all these price hikes,” she said. “Any time you get a raise in this country, it’s wiped out by inflation.” Inflation is at 13%, with food, home energy and pretty much everything... Read More

The West Virginia Legislature is getting a step ahead of a move some credit card companies have been making relating to separate merchant codes for firearm sales.House Bill 2004 passed 95-0 Friday and was sent to the Senate.The bill, called the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, would “prevent the use of payment card processing systems for surveillance of Second Amendment activity and discriminatory conduct.”Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., raised concern about the merchant codes in... Read More

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators, including Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has introduced legislation to try to keep Title 42 in place at the southern border until a plan is in place to manage the “chaos.”The Public Health and Border Security Act would require “all COVID-19 related national states of emergency to be lifted before Title 42 is officially terminated. The legislation would also require the U.S. Department of Home-land Security (DHS) to put in place a... Read More

U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) joined Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and all Senate Republicans in formally challenging the Biden Administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval.The resolution comes after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) announced a new rule in December 2022 repealing the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR) and changing the... Read More

On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., held her weekly virtual press briefing to discuss the latest from the U.S. Senate, including an update on new legislation and rising price hikes that she said are putting the American dream further out of reach.“I am hoping that as the president comes for the State of the Union next week, that he addresses these issues,” Capito said.Capito also discussed price hikes on the Senate floor.“Sen. Capito’s speech came moments after the Federal... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has announced new mobile office dates and locations throughout West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle and Potomac Highlands during the months of February and March.Members of Senator Capito’s staff will be available to provide constituents one-on-one assistance with casework and other issues they may be experiencing with federal agencies. Appointments are not required but are encouraged, and they can be made by visiting Sen.... Read More

The cost of products, including gasoline, presents a “grave concern,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Thursday, and she is hopeful the concern will get the attention of President Joe Biden.“I am hoping when he gives the State of the Union next week (on Feb. 7) he addresses these issues,” she said during a virtual press briefing.Capito said state residents are paying more for about everything, especially energy, with high home-heating bills, and any pay raises are “being wiped out by... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — West Virginia’s Congressional delegation is among those expressing support for a petition recently filed by Cleveland-Cliffs and the United Steelworkers in connection with what company and union officials have called unfairly traded tin and chromium coated sheet steel products.In January, Cleveland-Cliffs, which operates a tin plate manufacturing facility in Weirton, announced it had partnered with the United Steelworkers to file antidumping and countervailing duty petitions... Read More

We applaud the efforts of U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, as well as West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, in fighting a Biden Administration rule that will allow 401(k) managers to consider climate change and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors when selecting investments.Both Manchin and Capito say the rule prioritizes politics over allowing for the best returns for Americans’ retirement investments.“At a time when our country is already facing... Read More

Republicans in both chambers on Thursday introduced a resolution aimed at repealing President Biden’s clean water rule, but it faces long odds, Rachel Frazin reports for the Hill. The regulation, finalized in December, expands the definition of waterways that the Environmental Protection Agency has authority to regulate, reversing a Trump-era change.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced the resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act, which allows lawmakers to scrap... Read More

U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced two grants totaling $932,193 through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for projects in West Virginia.“West Virginia’s natural habitats allows wildlife of all kinds to flourish, and it is part of what makes our state such a wonderful place to both live and visit.” Capito said.“The grants... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced Wednesday that she will continue serving on four U.S. Senate committees: the Committee on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public Works; the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; and the Committee on Rules and Administration. Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., will retain her status as ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Committee during the 118th U.S. Congress.Capito, during a press briefing Thursday, said her position on the committee, along with Republican control of the House of Representatives, could finally lead to an overhaul of the federal permitting process for energy projects.Capito and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have each backed efforts in the last year to streamline... Read More

A majority of Congressional Republicans, including every GOP member in the Senate, signed onto resolutions filed Thursday to nullify the Biden administration's new definition of which streams and wetlands are subject to Clean Water Act regulation.While President Joe Biden is expected to veto any such resolution that reaches his desk, the move offers the GOP an opportunity to force Democrats to take a stance on a regulation that is wildly unpopular among farmers, ranchers and a broad swath of... Read More

REPUBLICANS PURSUE REPEAL OF BIDEN WOTUS DEFINITION: Congressional Republicans are trying to repeal the Biden administration’s recently finalized definition of "waters of the United States" with dual Congressional Review Act resolutions that were announced this morning.The joint resolutions of disapproval take aim at the WOTUS rule that EPA and the Army Corps finalized in late December, which effectively brings back WOTUS as it was before 2015 with some changes.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, EPW... Read More

Congressional Republicans are trying to repeal the Biden administration's recently finalized definition of "waters of the United States" on the grounds that it creates regulatory uncertainty and is bad for business and property owners.House and Senate Republicans introduced Congressional Review Act resolutions Thursday that seek to cancel WOTUS, which governs how the broadly the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers can regulate bodies of water under the Clean Water Act.EPA... Read More