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Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Republicans are releasing a report highlighting their accomplishments on energy and oversight issues over the course of 2023. The report — titled "Countering Biden’s Radical Green Agenda with Rigorous Oversight & Real Solutions" — states that EPW Republicans successfully "opposed President Biden’s regulatory overreach" while advancing bipartisan legislation. It further points to wins on streamlining infrastructure development, facilitating... Read More

Senator Shelley Moore Capito has nominated 29 high school students in West Virginia for the U.S. Military, Naval, Air Force, and Merchant Marine Academies. Those students were chosen based on their applications and personal interviews with Senator Capito. Five of the students are from our viewing area. Here are their names and the academies they will attend. Hugh Elijah Campbell, Mercer County, U.S. Air Force Academy Olivia Joe Honaker, Fayette County, U.S. Air Force Academy and U.S. Military... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVDN) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 79 Senate and House members in sending a bicameral letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Andrea Gacki, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), requesting a delay in the implementation of new reporting requirements for small businesses. The letter – led by U.S. Senators Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and U.S. Representatives Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.-10) and Warren... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is once again challenging the Biden administration’s so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0. Capito, ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, joined U.S. Senator John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Tuesday in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan that once again outlines what Capito says is “significant concerns” with the administration’s plan to... Read More

MORGANTOWN – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday granted a three-year extension for completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate project. MVPS now has until June 18, 2026, to complete the line and put it into service. FERC voted on MVPS’s timeline extension request during its Tuesday meeting. The 18-page order details arguments opposing the extension and FERC’s reasoning for granting the request. As background, MVPS is planned to extend 40 miles from MVP’s Virginia... Read More

MORGANTOWN – West Virginia’s U.S. senators continue their push against the Biden administration’s approach to pursuing green energy policy by bypassing Congress and working through agency rules. On Monday, Sen. Joe Manchin asked the Government Accountability Office for a legal opinion on whether the U.S. Treasury’s guidance on implementing the Clean Vehicle Tax Credit, part of of the Inflation Reduction Act, is subject to review under the Congressional Review Act. Manchin is concerned that... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is again calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration to reconsider its proposed regulations on power plant emissions. Capito, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., in penning a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan outlining their “significant concerns” about the agency’s rules package. “We urge the EPA to rescind its Clean Power Plan 2.0... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recently, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., ranking member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced $54,320,000 for the Chaplin Hill Gateway Project, which includes construction of bridges, interchanges and pedestrian and bicycle connections. The funding is through the Mega Grant program, an infrastructure funding program in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Capito wrote a letter of support for the project to the U.S. Department of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVDN) — Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson regarding reports of designated foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) financing terrorist activities with crypto assets. Specifically, Senator Capito’s letter asks the Treasury to make relevant information regarding the scope of digital asset financing used by FTOs available to Congress, and... Read More

STAR CITY, W.Va. — One of the best-known interstate exits in West Virginia will be the focal point of a multimillion dollar gateway project. Both West Virginia U.S Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito have announced $54 million in federal funding for the Chaplin Hill Gateway Project near Morgantown. The project will include the redesign of the I-79 Star City exit, new interstate bridges, a westbound flyover and a bicycle and pedestrian connection between the Star City Bridge and rail... Read More

Sen. Manchin, Capito announce $54.3 million for I-79 Chaplin Hill Project MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Federal funding for the Chaplin Hill Gateway Project has been secured, according to both of West Virginia’s United States Senators. In press releases from both U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, they announced approximately $54.3 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation will be appropriated to support the project. The funding will address a variety of repairs and new... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin both announced on Friday a federal award of $53.32 million for the Chaplin Hill Gateway Project, which includes construction of bridges, interchanges and pedestrian and bicycle connections. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation Mega Grant Program – an infrastructure funding program in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – to the Monongalia County Commission to repair and rehabilitate I-79 exit 155, which serves... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — Funding has been secured to repair and add to exit 155 on Interstate 79 in Morgantown, Sen. Joe Manchin’s office announced Friday. The exit is the main access point from I-79 to Granville, Star City and West Virginia University, including Milan Puskar Stadium and the Coliseum. According to the release, the project will include: Replacing the I-79 bridges of Chaplin Hill Road Reconstructing the exit 155 interchange Reconstructing the westbound I-79 flyover Building a... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced major funding on Friday for I-79 in Monongalia County. According to the senators, they secured $54,320,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete the I-79 Chaplin Hill Gateway Project, which includes construction of bridges, interchanges, and pedestrian and bicycle connections. The senators went on to say the project has several components, including replacing I-79 bridges over... Read More

MORGANTOWN – As work on the MVP pipeline moves forward, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is set to vote on Tuesday on extending the approval deadline for a project extension: MVP Southgate. MVP Southgate (MVPS) would extend 40 miles from MVP’s Virginia endpoint to the North Carolina border and another 34 miles into North Carolina. MVP announced the project in May 2018 and applied for FERC approval that November. FERC issued a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity in June... Read More

Access to cardiac rehabilitation programs and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under the Medicare program would be expanded and expedited under bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). “I’m proud to introduce this legislation and put forward solutions that increase the level of health services available to West Virginians who need them most,” said Sen. Capito, who on Dec. 13 introduced the Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2023, S.... Read More

Washington D.C. (WTRF) – Fighting continues in both the Ukraine-Russia war and Israel’s conflict with Hamas, but continued U.S. support for those conflicts has hit a roadblock in the U.S. Senate. The proposed bill would send 110.5 billion dollars to Ukraine, Israel, and several Indo-Pacific countries, notably Taiwan, who are concerned about further Chinese encroachment. Senate Republicans have stalled the bill to get money for security on the U.S.-Mexico border, which is seeing record numbers of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVDN) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued the below statement after voting in support of the conference report to accompany the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (NDAA), a bipartisan compromise combining the House- and Senate-passed versions of the NDAA. The conference report passed the Senate for the 63rd year in a row. This bipartisan legislation demonstrates support for our troops, domestic and national security, and strengthening the... Read More

U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) on Dec. 7 unveiled a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize the grant programs that support residential treatment for pregnant and postpartum women suffering from substance use disorder. “The introduction of this bipartisan legislation is a positive step towards ensuring substance use disorder treatments remain available for mothers who are struggling with addiction,” Senator Capito said. “This legislation,” added Sen. Tillis, “will... Read More

The United States has a tradition of issuing commemorative postage stamps honoring citizens who have achieved extraordinary things that enriched their country. In 2023, stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service included ones recognizing people such as Ernest J. Gaines, the author of novels including “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and “A Lesson Before Dying.” Yet another stamp recognized the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the 107th Supreme Court Justice of the United States. Now it’s... Read More