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As the average price of gasoline in West Virginia has now spiked to $4.38 a gallon, Senator Shelley Moore Capito gathered with fellow Republicans to again blast the Biden administration’s energy policies.The $4.38 price point is what most West Virginians are paying now for a gallon of regular gasoline, according to AAA.One week ago, the cost was $4.22 a gallon.A month ago, the price was $3.95 a gallon.And one year ago, the cost was $2.99 a gallon.Prices are now above $4 a gallon all... Read More

GREENWIRE | EPA Administrator Michael Regan this morning delved into the agency's plans to fight climate change under a sweeping budget proposal.Regan testified before the Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee. Lawmakers asked him to provide details on efforts to fight global warming as states face increasing threats from wildfires and storms.Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), chair of the subcommittee, pushed Regan to have EPA act with urgency on the "climate emergency.""The... Read More

E&E DAILY | A group of Senate Republican committee leaders are pressing the Biden administration on its use of a crucial climate metric, offering a preview of how they might handle oversight of the president on energy policy if they take over Congress next year.In a letter Friday led by Environment and Public Works ranking member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Republicans claimed the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases has not been transparent in... Read More

Leading Senate Republicans are asking the White House for updates on the activities of President Joe Biden's working group on social cost of greenhouse gasses, which he created via executive order on his first day in office.Nine committee ranking members, including Shelley Moore Capito of Environment and Public Works, sent a letter to the White House on Friday asking for information on the working group’s mechanics, membership, and details about how it will solicit public... Read More

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WV News) — Dozens of students from across West Virginia gathered at Fairmont State University Monday for the inaugural WVSSAC Robotics State Championship, which was attended by Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, high-ranking NASA officials and others.The event marked the first WVSSAC-sanctioned state championship of its kind since the organization officially recognized robotics last year. In all, 24 teams from 24 schools across the state competed.Todd Ensign,... Read More

GENOA — A tourism destination in southern Wayne County continues to expand after a ribbon cutting celebrating the opening of Trailhead Brewing Co. Grille & Bar took place Friday at the resort.Rustic Ravines is a multifaceted destination that features cabins, yurts, camping, trail riding, a zip line, various event and outdoor opportunities — and now a restaurant.Co-owner Joe Boffo, surrounded by state and county officials, cut the ribbon for the opening of the restaurant May 6 in... Read More

HUNTINGTON — West Virginia’s congressional delegation sent a letter this week asking President Joe Biden to reject recommendations that would gut three of the state’s Veterans Affairs medical centers.The Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) report was released earlier this year as part of the 2018 VA Mission Act passed by Congress to review options to “modernize facilities and realign priorities” within the VA health care system nationally.The recommendations call... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) is in a fighting mood.Capito is opposed to proposed cuts to severely limit health care at the Veterans Medical Centers in Huntington, Beckley and Clarksburg. Nationally, the VA is looking at recommendations to close the emergency rooms, and stop surgeries and in-patient care at the those facilities and others.No final decision has been made yet, and Capito wants the process halted.“We talked to a hospital in... Read More

PRINCETON – A Mercer County apartment complex is among the recent recipients of federal funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding awards last week totaling $1,908,000 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development program.Manchin and Capito said the funding will be used to support reliable water and... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) have announced that $54,790,795 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will go toward West Virginian projects “as part of Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations.”$40 million will go towards bridge replacement rehabilitation, while $14,790,795 will be used on the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS).“This funding is addressing two of our state’s biggest... Read More

A new federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) board is drawing the ire of many, including Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.Called the Disinformation Governance Board, Capito said during a virtual press briefing from her Washington office Thursday she has questioned DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the board, which was announced April 27.“What the heck is that?” she said. “It sounds like it is governing free speech. There is a fine line there.”Capito is... Read More

A new federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) board is drawing the ire of many, including Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.Called the Disinformation Governance Board, Capito said during a virtual press briefing from her Washington office Thursday she has questioned DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the board, which was announced April 27.“What the heck is that?” she said. “It sounds like it is governing free speech. There is a fine line there.”Capito is... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WDTV) – Gov. Jim Justice announced that he is pledging the State of West Virginia’s full support for a proposed project to construct a new interchange off of I-79 in the Harmony Grove area near Morgantown.The interchange would serve the new Morgantown Industrial Park and other businesses and homes in the Harmony Grove area of Monongalia County, just south of Westover.“Morgantown and all of north central West Virginia is a region of our state that... Read More

WEST VIRGINIA, (WOAY) – U.S Senator Shelley Moore Capito sat down with the press Thursday to unpack a variety of issues.One of the major topics the morning press conference covered was the Environment and Public Works passage of the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). The act will look at challenges the country faces in getting water resources as well as make revisions for improvements on the issue.Another major topic of concern was her discussion with the Department of... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., expressed her belief Thursday that the leak of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion — which indicates the court will overturn Roe vs. Wade — was designed to rally Democrats, and she said that is “shameful.”“It was leaked to galvanize the left because the president and his party are falling very short in terms of reeling in inflation and trying to deal with immigration and other issues,” she said during a virtual press... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., expressed her belief Thursday that the leak of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion — which indicates the court will overturn Roe vs. Wade — was designed to rally Democrats, and she said that is “shameful.”“It was leaked to galvanize the left because the president and his party are falling very short in terms of reeling in inflation and trying to deal with immigration and other issues,” she said during a virtual press... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — The leak of a draft Supreme Court decision earlier this week indicating the high court is poised to strike down protections guaranteeing access to abortion procedures was an “egregious breach of security,” according to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.Capito, speaking during her weekly virtual press call Thursday, said the leak of the draft opinion to Politico was “shocking.”“I can never remember this happening,” she... Read More

Republican West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito grilled Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday about the border crisis. Specifically, she pressed him on whether claims the administration is controlling the border sufficiently would count as “disinformation.”Mayorkas, appearing before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, was asked whether his claims about the border being under control would count as “disinformation” under the... Read More

A bipartisan Senate bill expected to be introduced Tuesday would require federal regulators to more thoroughly vet internet service providers seeking government money.Driving the news: The Rural Broadband Protection Act, from Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), shared exclusively with Axios, would require the FCC to develop rules to make sure funding goes to companies that have the technical capability to deliver the broadband service they promise.  The... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelly Moore Capito and Rep. David McKinley spent Monday morning touring Morgantown Utility Board’s wastewater treatment plant and visiting the construction site for the Richard Mine acid mine drainage treatment plant.Their mission was threefold, they said: to promote the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which they both voted for along with Sen. Joe Manchin; to learn about local infrastructure projects as part of their statewide infrastructure tour; and to... Read More