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RIPLEY — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito made multiple stops in Jackson County on Monday.Capito, R-W.Va., discussed broadband expansion, announced key federal funding for the Ripley wastewater system and met with local leaders.“Today’s visits in Ripley re-emphasized two of the basic needs of the community, which are a safe, functioning water and wastewater system, and reliable internet access for students, businesses, and seniors,” Capito said... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — International aircraft operators and their passengers will now have the ability to land at Charleston’s West Virginia International Yeager Airport process through the U.S. Customs facility.Tuesday marked the anticipated opening of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) General Aviation Facility at West Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW) with local, state and federal officials on hand. The Charleston facility is now the only international port... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Officials gathered at the West Virginia International Yeager Airport Tuesday to participate in a ribbon cutting for its new U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility.The facility marks the airport as an official port of entry to the United States, a place where someone may lawfully enter the country.This will allow the airport to facilitate international travel among private or cargo aircrafts, Gov. Jim Justice said in 2019 while requesting funding... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito heard encouraging news in her visit to Jackson County on April 18. She brought much anticipated news as well.In a visit to the Jackson County Development Authority, West Virginia’s senator spoke with representatives from two companies.Mike Clark, the regional retail director and clinical pharmacist from Firelands and Tariff Labs, discussed the issues surrounding the legalization of recreational cannabis. The company has opened a 37,000-square-foot facility... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — Today, April 12, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito led a bipartisan, bicameral group of thirty lawmakers in urging seven major manufacturers of naloxone to apply for over-the-counter status for their naloxone products.Naloxone is a medication that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses, but it is only available with a prescription and may only be distributed and dispensed by certain entities. Despite the effectiveness of naloxone in reversing opioid... Read More

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s U.S. senators are among a dozen asking President Joe Biden to consult with officials state by state on the possible impact of recommendations of the Department of Veterans Affairs to the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission.“The recommendations are overly focused on quantitative data that does not do enough to consider the impact the proposed changes would have on our Veterans, particularly elderly Veterans,” said the senators. The group... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — Members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation decried record-high inflation Tuesday and called on the Biden administration to do more to aid Americans faced with skyrocketing prices.Consumer prices have risen 8.5% over the last year, the largest 12-month increase since December 1981, according to information released Tuesday morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Tuesday’s report tells a “chilling story... Read More

WASHINGTON — The repeal of a public health directive allowing the immediate expulsion of those who illegally cross into the United States could turn a crisis into a catastrophe, a Senator from West Virginia said Thursday.Border agents may have to contend with 18,000 illegal immigrants a day, the estimate from the Department of Homeland Security, taking their attention away from the flow of illegal narcotics such as cocaine and fentanyl into the country, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito,... Read More

WASHINGTON — The repeal of a public health directive allowing the immediate expulsion of those who illegally cross into the United States could turn a crisis into a catastrophe, a Senator from West Virginia said Thursday.Border agents may have to contend with 18,000 illegal immigrants a day, the estimate from the Department of Homeland Security, taking their attention away from the flow of illegal narcotics such as cocaine and fentanyl into the country, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito,... Read More

If the Biden administration thinks it’s still on track to slash U.S. emissions in line with its aggressive international pledge, it’s not sharing the details publicly—or with key members of Congress.   In a Senate hearing this week featuring Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito grilled the EPA chief on his failure to disclose the administration’s plan to cut emissions 50 percent below high-water levels... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin joined forces on an immigration bill on Thursday, while taking opposite sides on the vote to confirm Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.   The bill is the Public Health and Border Security Act of 2022, co-sponsored by Capito and Manchin and a bipartisan group of senators. It’s intended to block the Biden plan to end the Trump administration Title 42 policy by May 23. The policy was intended to stop the spread... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito have introduced a bill that could extend Title 42 and prevent migrants from entering the United States.An order under Title 42 was implemented during the pandemic to prevent migrants from bringing COVID-19 into the country. The Biden administration has announced its plans to terminate the Title 42 order on May 23, but West Virginia’s senators do not agree with its removal. The Public Health and Border Security Act... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Senate made a historic vote Thursday when the chamber confirmed federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the next Supreme Court justice.The Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Jackson, in which Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., joined Democratic colleagues in support of the nomination. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was one of 47 Republicans who opposed confirming Jackson to the high court.Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah,... Read More

Congressman David McKinley, R-W.Va., was among the participants in a hearing with the chiefs of some of America’s largest energy producers. The hearing was called “Gouged at the Gas Station: Big Oil and America’s Pain at the Pump.”   “Surely this committee recognizes that the gas prices are set at the global market and are markedly influenced by domestic regulations,” McKinley said during a subcommittee hearing of the House Energy and... Read More

E&E DAILY | Republicans yesterday proposed legislation to prevent President Joe Biden from declaring a climate emergency, a day after another dire warning from scientists about the consequences of climate change.Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) led introduction of the "Real Emergencies Act," which would specify that the president cannot declare a national emergency because of climate change.It's in part a messaging effort aimed at tying Biden to... Read More

Congressional earmarks are back.   The process by which politicians attach funding for a variety of projects in their home state or district returned with the $1.5 trillion federal government spending bill approved last month after an 11-year absence.   A New York Times analysis of the earmarks finds that members of the Senate and House of Representatives* included 4,962 earmarks totaling over $9 billion in the budget. Democrats had more earmark spending than... Read More

With the goal of the United States to provide more LNG (liquid natural gas) to Europe in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) remains mired in court cases, but that could change.   Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said during a virtual press briefing from her Washington office Thursday the pipeline is almost 95 percent complete but court cases related to federal permitting processes have delayed completion.   That has prompted her as well... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday she would not be among Republicans in the Senate to vote for the confirmation of federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination for the Supreme Court.   During a virtual conference call with West Virginia media Thursday morning, Capito, R-W.Va., said she respected Jackson’s resume and accomplishments, but she just couldn’t bring herself to support the nomination after listening to her testimony before the Senate... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Thursday she will not support the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.   Captio, who also opposed Jackson’s nomination to the U,S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, said during a virtual press conference from her Washington office Thursday morning a major concern was some of Jackson’s previous decisions related to the separation of powers where she ruled in a “philosophical... Read More

CHARLESTON – U.S. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday she would not be among Republicans in the Senate to vote for the confirmation of federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination for the Supreme Court.   During a virtual conference call with West Virginia media Thursday morning, Capito, R-W.Va., said she respected Jackson’s resume and accomplishments, but she just couldn’t bring herself to support the nomination after listening to her testimony before the Senate... Read More