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WASHINGTON — One of West Virginia’s senators has joined 46 senators and 136 U.S. House members in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate on private employers.That mandate, scheduled for enforcement beginning Jan. 10, requires private employers with more than 100 employees to mandate the Covid-19 vaccine or weekly testing. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Friday in the case about whether to issue... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has joined 46 other senators and 136 members of the House of Representatives in signing an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers.The brief argues Congress did not give the Occupational Safety and Health Administration the authority to impose a vaccine mandate on employers and encourages the Court to stay the policy.In the brief, the members... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Rep. David McKinley both signed on to an amicus – friend of the court – brief supporting the multistate challenged of the Biden administration OSHA vaccine mandate.That case is slated for oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court Friday.Capito’s Monday release about the brief says a total of 47 senators and 136 representatives have signed on.They say in the brief, “Congressional members have an interest in the powers they... Read More

UNION — Two area health centers are set to receive annual grants to help invest in local health care.The Monroe County Health Department will get $1.9 million and Tug River Health Association (in McDowell County) will receive $1.7 million.U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, made the announcement and said the money is from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support health centers across... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — There is no doubt that COVID-19 is once again at the top of everyone's mind. As we all try to navigate the daily twists and turns of the pandemic, Eyewitness News recently had the chance to speak one on one with West Virginia U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito to get her thoughts on a variety of topics, including the pandemic, and our response to it.   With the country getting ready to start another year with COVID-19 spreading, the way Americans are... Read More

OAK HILL — West Virginia has welcomed a few more friends over since the local National Park Service entity was re-designated a year ago.   By virtue of a congressional omnibus package passed by both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump on Dec. 27, 2020, the New River Gorge National River — originally created in 1978 — became the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, the 63rd National Park and the 20th... Read More

The year may be ending, but the push to vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19 is not.   NEWS9’s Rich Pierce spoke to West Virginia Junior Senator Shelley Moore Capito about a number of topics, including what needs to be done to put this virus in the rearview mirror.   RP: Just over 60 percent of eligible people in the country are vaccinated right now. What more can be done to push that number even higher to a spot where scientists, medical professionals feel... Read More

WHEELING — The federal courthouse in Wheeling soon will bear the name of one of its former chief judges.   President Joe Biden this week signed into law a resolution renaming the courthouse the “Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse.”   Stamp presided in that courthouse starting in 1990, achieved senior status in 2006 and spent 1994-2001 as its chief judge.The resolution was sponsored in the United States House of Representatives by... Read More

GREENWIRE | As President Biden closes out his first year in office, he still has not nominated EPA's top air official, a role that takes on even greater importance with climate legislation stalling on Capitol Hill.Seven of Biden's EPA nominees have been approved to fill leadership and policy posts at the agency. Another four nominees await confirmation votes on the Senate floor. But the president has not yet announced his pick for EPA assistant administrator for air and radiation."If you... Read More

WASHINGTON — West Virginia and other states are going to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop an attempt by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to transform the nation’s power sector through emissions regulations.   Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Monday the Supreme Court has agreed to consider the coalition of 19 states’ challenge to the EPA, which, if left unchecked, would have “unlimited authority to regulate wide swaths of everyday life. The lower... Read More

WASHINGTON — West Virginia and other states are going to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop an attempt by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to transform the nation’s power sector through emissions regulations.   Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Monday the Supreme Court has agreed to consider the coalition of 19 states’ challenge to the EPA, which, if left unchecked, would have “unlimited authority to regulate wide swaths of everyday life. The lower... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – More than $2.2 million dollars is being allotted to help the continued efforts to repair damage from the 2016 floods that devastated parts of the Mountain State.   U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced the U.S. forest Services would get $2,239,504 for the repair efforts.   “The 2016 floods devastated our state and repercussions are still being felt today,” Capito said. “This funding will help... Read More

MORGANTOWN – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined with business leaders Monday morning to announce expanded support for the 19-state coalition challenge of the authority of the EPA that is before the U.S. Supreme Court.   Leaders of the West Virginia Coal Association and the West Virginia Business and Industry Council appeared with Morrisey to announce they are among those signing on to amicus – friend of the court – briefs to support the... Read More

WASHINGTON — The proposed federal $2 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) bill has “hit a huge brick wall” and would actually cost $5 trillion, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said last week.   Capito said during a virtual press conference the bill is opposed by most West Virginians, would worsen inflation and the price tag would over time be $5 trillion with no plan in place to pay for it.   Pres. Joe Biden, who has pushed the initiative, had hoped the bill would be... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has spent the year opposing much of President Joe Biden’s agenda.   Capito, who began her second Senate term in January, holds multiple positions that differ from the president, including stances on energy and the administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.   Yet Capito has also had opportunities to speak to Biden and his team in hopes of moving bills through Congress. She led negotiations between... Read More

CHARLESTON – The lack of progress on high profile bills, such as Build Back Better and the Freedom to Vote Act, might be getting all the headlines, but U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito sees a number of successes as 2021 begins to fade into the rear-view mirror.   Capito, R-W.Va., virtually spoke with West Virginia reporters from her Capitol Hill office Thursday afternoon as the U.S. Senate begins to wind down for Christmas recess.   The biggest victory of 2021 for Capito was... Read More

CHARLESTON — The lack of progress on high profile bills, such as Build Back Better and the Freedom to Vote Act, might be getting all the headlines, but U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito sees a number of successes as 2021 begins to fade into the rear-view mirror.   Capito, R-W.Va., virtually spoke with West Virginia reporters from her Capitol Hill office Thursday afternoon as the U.S. Senate begins to wind down for Christmas recess.   The biggest victory of 2021 for Capito was... Read More

MORGANTOWN — After two appearances with the GOP senators this week to criticize elements of Build Back Better, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito spoke with West Virginia press members Thursday about D.C. goings-on.   She reiterated her opposition to BBB’s childcare and pre-K provisions, which reportedly will double costs for middle class families and essentially wipe out access to faith-based care – used by 53% of U.S. families – by prohibiting access to subsidies and... Read More

WASHINGTON (WDVM) — West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito alongside other Republican senators are claiming that the new child care plans in the Build Back Better agenda will only help some families and leave others to make a difficult choice.   During a press conference, Senator Capito claimed that the new universal child care initiative will only increase the cost of child care while also limiting parents’ choice of what type of child care they want for their kids. She... Read More

Speaking of Build Back Better … Moderates on the left side of the Senate aisle and all senators to the right continue to insist the price tag is too much, despite Congress slashing the cost nearly in half to appease Congressional centrists.Well, there’s one measure in Build Back Better that the Senate is welcome to take a machete to instead of whacking away at climate and social safety net proposals: an increase of the SALT deduction cap from $10,000 to $80,000.The SALT (state and... Read More