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WASHINGTON — A West Virginia senator Thursday said she has been in contact with the president and CEO of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad over the train derailment at East Palestine, Ohio.U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said she spoke with Alan Shaw, president and CEO of Norfolk Southern, about the dangers and what happened.The community of Chester, W.Va., is about 15 miles from the crash site and controlled burn of the suspected carcinogen vinyl chloride.“I think it’s been very... Read More

The Republicans ' cold reception to President Joe Biden's very mention of the border during his State of the Union address may have indicated how far the idea of immigration reform may be.Biden was jeered repeatedly on Tuesday night, but on Wednesday, lawmakers were quick to push, bashing the commander in chief for failing to adequately acknowledge the border crisis and the 5 million people who have been encountered in the last two years trying to enter the United States without authorization to... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Two regional health centers are in line to receive multi-million-dollar awards from the federal government as part of a $17.16 million package coming to West Virginia to strengthen health care services to address sexually transmitted diseases and bolster scientific research projects around mental health and environmental hazards.Community Health Systems of Beckley, doing business as Access Health, will receive a $3.37 million award, and New River Health Association of Scarbro... Read More

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) and all 47 of their Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to 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 announced a new rule in December... Read More

On Feb. 6, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., made several stops in Kanawha County where she met with community leaders, lawmakers, students, and a military family.First, Capito delivered remarks at the West Virginia Association of Counties’ legislative meeting. During her address, Capito spoke about the vital role county governments have throughout West Virginia, efforts to connect unserved and underserved areas of the state with reliable broadband, economic development, the... Read More

Local leaders will be able to plan improvements in pedestrian, bicycle and motorized safety in the gateway communities throughout Fayette and Raleigh counties of the New River Gorge, thanks to recent approval of a $199,200 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant.The Safe Streets and Roads for All proposal was submitted Sept. 20, 2022 by the Fayette/Raleigh Metropolitan Planning Organization.According to a press release, the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) assisted... Read More

WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) — If you happen to take a visit to the campus of Wheeling University, you’re going to have to pardon the dust.They are currently in the early phases of some major and much needed updates to the Challenger Learning Center. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito recently announced the Challenger Center would receive $3 million through a Congressional spending request. The money will be used for a newly designed facility that will include replacing the current space simulator. It... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address last night to the 118th Congress and got similar responses from both state and U.S. representatives of West Virginia.U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito hoped the President would put politics aside and focus on the issues she calls as critical to American families during his address in the house chamber.However, Capito said Biden did not accomplish the need of togetherness he so often seeks from lawmakers and... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is leading an effort with all 48 of her GOP colleagues to rein in regulations in the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.The move is being done with a Congressional Review Act (CRA), a joint resolution of disapproval, she said last week during a virtual press briefing.“It is where you look at the regulations that the administration has put forward and try to take them down,” she said.Capito, Ranking Member of the Environmental and... Read More

To support more people working in early childhood education, U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Feb. 2 introduced a bipartisan bill that would direct the U.S. Secretary of Labor to award grants to fund a variety of related apprenticeships. “Addressing the childcare workforce pipeline issue is critical for many Hoosiers, especially those in rural communities where finding affordable child care is particularly challenging,” Sen. Young said. “Our bipartisan bill... 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

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

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