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West Virginia’s Senators are weighing in on a national conversation surrounding contraception access after a test vote for the “Right to Contraception Act” fell short of the 60 votes that would be needed for the bill to pass the Senate. The bill, S.4381, would legally protect access to contraception, which it defines as “an action taken to prevent pregnancy, including the use of contraceptives or fertility-awareness-based methods and sterilization procedures.” Fertility-awareness-based methods... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is leading 43 other Senators in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration’s regulations intended to shut down American power plants through a Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval. The resolution, issued June 5, comes after the Environmental Protection Agency issued its final rules that impose what the Senators call unrealistic emissions requirements on existing coal-fired power plants and newly constructed gas-fired power... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) co-sponsored the Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act, legislation led by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), that aims to promote access to and availability of safe and effective contraception for women and families. This comes a day before Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) held a “show vote” on the Senate floor on partisan and extreme legislation designed to mislead and invoke fear in the American public. “Despite the... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the senior Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, asked Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt why his agency reclassified Corridor H from Wardensville to the Virginia state line as a major project.  Capito said the change may have delayed the project a year. The threshold for a major project is $500 million, and the segment in question is budgeted at $475 million. Bhatt explained that other costs, including utility relocation and... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., isn’t satisfied with President Joe Biden’s executive order on the southern border. Capito, who has been outspoken in recent months regarding the influx of migrants across the southern border, says the move from Biden is ‘too little, too late.” Biden announced Tuesday that his executive order would shut down migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500 at ports of entry, with the border reopening... Read More

President Joe Biden’s recently announced executive order on immigration won’t have any effect on the number of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, said U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. The order is an election-year measure likely to face legal challenges that will delay its implementation, Capito said Wednesday during her weekly media briefing. “I don’t think this will have any impacts,” she said. “I think that it’s too little, too late, and it’s obviously a political maneuver by... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has made good on her promise to spearhead the legislative objection to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new power plant rules. Capito, R-W.Va., ranking member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced a formal challenge to the EPA rules through the Congressional Review Act on Wednesday. The resolution was supported by a bipartisan group of 43 other senators, including U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va. “With this Congressional... Read More

Republicans in the Senate and House on Wednesday introduced Congressional Review Act resolutions that would nullify EPA’s recent climate rule for existing coal and future natural gas-fired power plants. Opponents of the rule may have enough votes to clear the Senate, where such resolutions can bypass the standard 60-vote filibuster threshold. But it would likely be vetoed by President Joe Biden, as he has done with similar resolutions that have made it to his desk. Background: The rule unveiled... Read More

President Joe Biden’s new executive order on immigration should have been put in place years ago, said U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., on Tuesday. The executive order is the Biden administration “putting on a face” that gives the appearance of “finally” taking action, Capito said during a U.S. Senate Republican Leadership press conference. “The president should have been doing what he’s doing today several years ago to stop the flow,” she said. Capito touched on a recent stop in Finland... Read More

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a total of $646,000 to the Preston County Public Service District to help with water service in the area. This award will provide funding for the Waterline Extension and Masontown Interconnection Project, according to United States Senator Shelley Moore Capito’s office. The project will support upgrades to the Preston County PSD #1 water treatment plant and construct approximately 5,100 feet of water line to provide fire flow availability and more... Read More

The big debate in Washington on Tuesday was President Biden’s new border security plan that one West Virginia senator says is not enough. In some months, more than a quarter of a million migrants try to come into the U.S. Now the Biden administration wants to cap that at 2,500 per day, and it’s only for people seeking political asylum. A Congressional delegation recently went to Finland to view its wall along the Russian border, saying the U.S. needs the same with Mexico. “To protect America as... Read More

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has allocated $646,000 to water infrastructure improvements in Preston County. The new EPA funding for Preston County Public Service District #1 — based in Arthurdale — will go toward facility improvements at a local water plant, and help construct more than 5,000 feet of new water lines. The water line expansion seeks to bolster water access across the county. Plus, it aims to ensure that pressurized water is readily available for... Read More

The Waterline Extension and Masontown Interconnection Project in Preston County will receive more than $600,000 in federal funds. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s (R-WV) office announced in a press release that the project will receive $646,000 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The money will be used to upgrade the Preston County PSD #1 water treatment plant and construct approximately 5,100 feet of water line to provide fire flow and more reliable water service to customers... Read More

The Preston County Public Service District will receive $646,000 in funding for a water project. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito used her congressionally directed spending request to funnel U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funding to the county. The money goes to Preston County PSD No. 1 (Arthurdale) for the Waterline Extension and Masontown Interconnection Project. The project will support upgrades at the Preston County PSD No. 1 water treatment plant and construct approximately 5,100 feet... Read More

Dozens of energy policy and advocacy groups are pushing Congress to repeal one of President Joe Biden’s signature climate policies. A coalition of more than 40 organizations signed on to a letter being circulated Thursday to lawmakers, taking aim at the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently finalized emissions-reduction regulations for coal-fired and new natural gas power plants. The letter urges lawmakers to back expected resolutions from Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Rep. Troy... Read More

Bethany College has debuted its Bethany Online initiative, aimed at providing accessible and innovative online education opportunities. The project, funded in part by congressionally directed spending From U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., will offer a range of programs designed to meet the evolving needs of learners in a digital age. The initial rollout will feature MBA, M.Ed. and artificial intelligence certification courses. “Bethany Online will provide accessible and innovative... Read More

As the U.S. faces China’s unprecedented military buildup, conflicts involving our partners in two theaters, and resurgent terror threats, it is clear that the world today is more dangerous than most Americans have experienced in their lifetimes. Yet, as the U.S. Department of Defense pursues modernization programs to retain our competitive edge, we cannot afford to forget about vulnerabilities to the systems that the American people use every day. The cyber domain could make the difference... Read More

Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, participated in a Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to review the president’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and for the National Science Foundation (NSF). During the hearing, Capito questioned NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on the importance and future of West Virginia’s... Read More

U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., recently introduced bipartisan legislation to bolster training for primary care providers so they can better diagnose Alzheimer’s and other dementia and deliver high-quality, person-centered care in community-based settings. The Accelerating Access to Dementia & Alzheimer’s Provider Training (AADAPT) Act would provide Alzheimer’s and dementia education and training to more primary care providers, improving detection,... Read More

Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works committee asked questions about grants, private funding, support for rural communities and diverting food scraps during a May 22 hearing on local efforts to improve reuse and recycling. The committee, chaired by Sen. Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat, brought Elizabeth Biser, the secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality; Susan Fife-Ferris, the director of solid waste planning and program management for... Read More