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BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) – We’ve told you about efforts to suspend the state gas taxes in the two Virginians. Senator Shelley Moore Capito says she’s against adjusting the federal tax on fuel. It could save Americans 18.4 cents per gallon at the pump. Capito says the impact on infrastructure is a big reason she’s opposed to temporarily removing the federal gas tax.“First of all the big infrastructure package that we just passed has many new highways, Corridor H, King... Read More

WEIRTON — A portion of the more than $40 million awarded to Brooke and Hancock counties through the recent Congressional spending bill will assist in opening up former steel-making property in Weirton for future economic development opportunities.   Of the funds announced March 11, $3 million was awarded to the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission, and $1 million to the City of Weirton, with the goal of constructing an industrial access road through the Frontier... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito Monday said a weekend fact-finding trip to Germany and Poland helped give her and fellow lawmakers a better perspective of the needs as both of those countries assist Ukraine as it resists invasion by Russia.   Capito, R-W.Va., and other U.S. senators held a press conference Monday afternoon on Capitol Hill to brief the press on their overseas trip. Capito was part of a bipartisan group of senators who left for Germany and Poland Thursday... Read More

Ukraine needs lethal military weapons and massive humanitarian now, not delayed by bureaucracy, a bipartisan group of 10 U.S. Senators who visited Poland and Germany over the weekend said.   Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was part of that delegation and said during a press conference broadcast on social media by the group when you travel and see the situation first-hand, you realize the urgency of what is happening.   “This is occurring in Europe, not in their backyard, but... Read More

As members of Congress heard from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week, the dire situation his country faces was clear.“The destiny of our country is being decided,” he said. ” … Russia has attacked not just us, not just our land, our cities. It went on a brutal offensive against our values. … Against our freedom, our right to live freely, choosing our own future. Against our desire for happiness, against our national dreams.”Americans, unlike... Read More

Ukraine needs lethal military weapons and massive humanitarian now, not delayed by bureaucracy, a bipartisan group of 10 U.S. Senators who visited Poland and Germany over the weekend said.   Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was part of that delegation and said during a press conference broadcast on social media by the group when you travel and see the situation first-hand, you realize the urgency of what is happening.   “This is occurring in Europe, not in their backyard, but... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito said what is happening in Ukraine is an atrocity and Vladimir Putin needs to be held accountable for what has happened.“What’s going on in Ukraine is an immoral and unjust war being perpetrated by Vladimir Putin who is a war criminal and should be tried as such,” said Capito on MetroNews “Talkline” a day after returning from a visit to Poland and Germany.In Poland, Capito got the chance to see first hand the... Read More

Wheeling, W.Va. (WTRF) – It’s a big week for the Supreme Court, as hearings begin for President Biden’s pick to replace Justice Stephen Breyer.Ketanji Brown Jackson has been a federal judge for nine years and will go before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday.There are 11 Republicans and 11 Democrats on the panel, who will offer her questions to get an idea of her philosophy on the law.West Virginia senator Shelley Moore Capito had the chance to meet with Jackson this... Read More

As members of Congress heard from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Wednesday, the dire situation his country faces was clear.“The destiny of our country is being decided,” he said. ” … Russia has attacked not just us, not just our land, our cities. It went on a brutal offensive against our values. … Against our freedom, our right to live freely, choosing our own future. Against our desire for happiness, against our national... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was scheduled to leave for Germany and Poland on Thursday.   Before that trip with several of her Senate colleagues, she held a virtual press conference from her Washington office.   “I will see first-hand (the situation there), talk to NATO officials, and also talk to our military and also talk about the humanitarian effort with more than 2 million leaving the country,” she said. “I will certainly have some news on Monday (return... Read More

CHARLESTON – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday that she was joining congressional colleagues for a trip to Poland and Germany to gain a better understanding of the unfolding refugee crisis as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth week.Capito, R-W.Va., announced the trip to members of the West Virginia press Thursday during a virtual briefing from Capitol Hill.“I will be leaving later this afternoon to go on a congressional delegation trip to Poland and Germany... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was scheduled to leave for Germany and Poland on Thursday.Before that trip with several of her Senate colleagues, she held a virtual press conference from her Washington office.“I will see first-hand (the situation there), talk to NATO officials, and also talk to our military and also talk about the humanitarian effort with more than 2 million leaving the country,” she said. “I will certainly have some news on Monday (the return... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is part of a coalition of senators that will visit Poland and Germany this weekend to better understand Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the related international response.The group left Thursday with plans to talk with American military leaders and NATO officials about Russia’s military operation and humanitarian concerns. Capito said the delegation will return to the United States on Monday.“There’s... Read More

CHARLESTON – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday that she was joining congressional colleagues for a trip to Poland and Germany to gain a better understanding of the unfolding refugee crisis as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth week.Capito, R-W.Va., announced the trip to members of the West Virginia press Thursday during a virtual briefing from Capitol Hill.“I will be leaving later this afternoon to go on a congressional delegation trip to Poland and Germany... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) told The Hill on Wednesday that she will make a bid to join Senate Republican leadership starting in 2023. Capito, who currently serves as an advisor to Senate GOP leadership, said that she would run to be vice chairman of the Senate GOP conference, the No. 5 spot in the caucus. “I will be seeking to join the elected leadership team.  …I just think I have a good sense of American families and the voices of West Virginians... Read More

CHARLESTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, is working on gaining the support of West Virginia’s delegation in the U.S. Senate.Jackson, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, met with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Tuesday morning in an effort to gain Republican support for her nomination. Jackson was welcomed into Capito’s office in the Russell Senate Office Building, where the two talked... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Reaction to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s speech was immediate from the congressional audience, and quite supportive.All five members of the West Virginia Congressional Delegation condemned Vladimir Putin’s Russian invasion from the start and today was no different.Reaction from West Virginia’s Congressional Delegation to President Zelenskyy’s was swift this morning.Addresses to a Joint Session of Congress by a foreign leader are fairly... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC (WOWK) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) welcomed historic Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson for a meeting in her office this morning.Capito said in a statement that they had a “candid conversation” about Brown Jackson’s background and records as a judge. The senator says she will “keep an open mind” as she “carefully consider her nomination.”“I congratulate Judge Jackson on her historic nomination and look... Read More

PARKERSBURG — For the security of the nation and the world, the United States needs to be energy independent, but the policies of the Biden administration are prohibiting that, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said during a virtual press conference Thursday.Stopping construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and enacting a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal lands has increased the country’s reliance on foreign oil, Capito said in a speech on the Senate floor just... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., met Tuesday with Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, in which the senator said the two had a “candid conversation” regarding Jackson’s judicial background and opinions.The meeting between Capito and Jackson came less than a week before the Senate Judiciary Committee begins a series of hearings on the nomination. Capito and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., do not serve on the committee.“Today, I met... Read More