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A group of Senate Republicans led by Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall will release a video Thursday warning parents across the country about the dangers of rainbow fentanyl, which the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warns looks like candy or sidewalk chalk.In the public service announcement (PSA) video, first obtained by the Daily Caller, Marshall and 12 other Republican senators warn parents to be on the lookout for the rainbow fentanyl as Halloween approaches. As of Aug. 2022, the DEA and... Read More

HUNTINGTON — A local expert stressed Wednesday the importance of brownfields projects for communities throughout West Virginia while testifying before a congressional committee.He said brownfields projects as small as building a fire department in Huntington or as big as cleaning up an industrial waste site along the Ohio River can make major impacts on their communities.But first, it needs to be better funded and an easier process for small communities. George Carico, director of... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WDTV) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito was in Bridgeport and throughout North Central West Virginia on Monday.She was there to take part in a roundtable talk on economic development opportunities and projects at the North Central West Virginia Airport.While that held true, Capito (R-WV) did more than just visit and talk about the ongoing success at the NCWV Airport. Capito also made a stop to The Bridge Sports and Recreation Complex and went inside the $50 million... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito was in Bridgeport and throughout North Central West Virginia on Monday. And according to her press office, she was there to take part in a roundtable talk on economic development opportunities and projects at the North Central West Virginia Airport.While that held true, Capito (R-W.Va.) did more than just visit and talk about the ongoing success at the NCWV Airport. Capito also made a stop to The Bridge Sports and Recreation Complex and went inside the $50... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — On Oct. 3, U.S. Senator, Shelley Moore Capito gathered with local leaders at the North Central West Virginia Airport to discuss the economic development opportunities and ongoing projects.Capito mentioned that the NCWV airport plays a major role in future economic development and aerospace initiatives in West Virginia. Two current projects that are currently being worked on are the building of a new terminal and expansion of flight services.During the... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — Congress isn’t back in session until after the midterm elections, but Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R.W.Va., is keeping busy during the break.On Monday, during a series of stops throughout the region, Capito met with local officials at North Central West Virginia Airport for a roundtable discussion focused on the airport’s ongoing projects and long-term goals.She heard from members of the Benedum Airport Authority, county commissioners and other... Read More

GASSAWAY, W.Va. (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., on Tuesday visited Mountaineer Food Bank in Braxton County, where she received a tour of the facility and met with the company’s leadership team to discuss expansion efforts.Created in 1981, Mountaineer Food Bank provides food and other household items to an emergency food network spanning 48 counties.“For more than four decades, Mountaineer Food Bank has provided resources to communities and families in West... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) have announced that $221,419 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will used to support West Virginia housing.The funds will be distributed to two West Virginia housing authorities to specifically support “households that include a non-elderly person with disabilities.”“Thousands of West Virginians and millions of Americans are currently experiencing... Read More

BLUEFIELD — Both Concord University and Bluefield State University are benefitting from federal dollars through Congressionally Directed Spending.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said this week Concord will receive $1.6 million to support the renovation of existing facilities at Concord’s main campus to provide a permanent home for their new school of professional nursing.Capito, who is on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said the money will help face the challenge of a... Read More

Charleston, WV (WOAY) – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced the Grant to Rapidly Invest and Deploy Broadband or GRID Broadband Act today. The GRID Broadband Act would provide a new federal cost share to invest in a nationwide middle mile backbone along the nation’s existing electricity grid.The bipartisan proposal aims to help provide affordable high-speed internet options to 120 million American homes and improve the resiliency of... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After months of discussions among U.S. Senate Democrats about getting a legislative package through the chamber, senators on Sunday passed a measure addressing Democratic policy goals, including health care, climate change and energy.   The chamber approved the Inflation Reduction Act in a 51-50 vote split along party lines; Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the tie-breaking vote.   Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. — who surprised Democrats and... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three weeks since the idea of the U.S. Senate approving a sweeping domestic policy plan seemed improbable, the chamber voted along party lines Saturday to move forward with a package addressing health care costs, energy and deficit reduction.   The vote started what Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., described as “the culmination of one of the most productive stretches in recent Senate memory” that included lawmakers approving bipartisan... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin fought to include provisions in the latest renamed version of Build Back Better to help West Virginia’s oil and natural gas industries, but opponents and supporters differ on whether the bill will benefit the state’s coal industry.   Manchin, D-W.Va., announced last week he had come to an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the latest incarnation of President Joe... Read More

The two West Virginia U.S. senators are in different political parties but have a long-standing reputation for not only working together, but of being friends as well.   But Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican, are now publicly and adamantly at odds over the Inflation Reduction Act.   Manchin played the main role in working out a deal with Democratic leaders and President Joe Biden to revive what remained of the original Build Back Better Bill,... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R.-WVa., continues blasting the proposed Inflation Reduction Act, saying Thursday she is “very disappointed” in it and the possible impacts have “not been well thought out.”   Capito said during a press briefing from her Washington office the $739 billion bill will fuel inflation, not reduce it, accelerate green energy and decelerate fossil fuel use, and burden every resident with higher costs as a fallout from the 15 percent minimum... Read More

CHARLESTON — With the midterm elections three months away, U.S. senators want Congress to approve changes to an 1880s election law, citing the January 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as a reason for modifications.   A bipartisan group of senators unveiled the Electoral Count Reform Act and the Presidential Transition Improvement Act late last month. The legislation includes provisions regarding state electors, the role of the vice president in the certification process and how... Read More

WASHINGTON, D. C. (WTRF) – We’ve been hearing mixed reaction from Democratic and Republican lawmakers about the Inflation Reduction Act.  Senator Joe Manchin defends the bill, but Senator Shelley Moore Capito isn’t happy with it.    Senator Capito says ‘raising taxes and pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy won’t reduce inflation’. She also believes it will cause the IRS to go after small businesses and individuals and says... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito are not unexpectedly on opposite sides of the Inflation Reduction Act. Both aired their views Thursday in separate virtual meetings with members of the West Virginia press.   Capito calls it a “reckless tax and spending bill veiled as an inflation reducer.” Manchin said, “I’m excited because I really think we’ve got a chance to really turn around not only our economy but kill inflation.” Bill... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — West Virginia’s two U.S. senators are often on the same page on issues, but this time they could not be further apart. The two senators are now at odds over a bill aiming to fight inflation.   The price of the bill is $740 billion with $300 billion going to deficit reduction. It would include money to encourage the development of clean energy such as solar and wind.   It would also add more money to health care and allow Medicare to negotiate lower... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — The Inflation Reduction Act is really a “reckless tax-and-spending” bill, said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito on Thursday.   The bill, the result of negotiations between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin, D.W.Va., will not help reduce inflation, despite its title, Capito said.   “We know our 9.1% inflation is troublesome; we see prices going up and wages are less effective — all of things that have really pushed us... Read More