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Infrastructure has once again taken center stage in the U.S. as lawmakers and the Biden administration look to implement the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), but on Wednesday top Senate Republicans took issue with a federal push to prioritize "wish list" policies.   Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., sent a letter to 50 governors in... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, is the senior Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee.A day after Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill lifting a nuclear power ban in West Virginia, the issue came up on Capitol Hill.U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the senior Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, asked a panel of experts Wednesday about building out nuclear power.Capito is the sponsor of a bill to make it easier to build and license nuclear... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A day after Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill repealing the statewide ban on nuclear power facilities, one U.S. Senate Committee considered legislation related to nuclear energy production.   The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing Wednesday on two measures related to the development of nuclear technologies in addition to regulation of facilities and waste sites. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is the committee’s ranking member... Read More

WASHINGTON—Top Senate Republicans are pushing back on a Biden administration effort to discourage states from using funds in the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure law to expand highways, as a separate partisan battle over government spending slows the release of much of the public-works money.   In a Wednesday letter, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.) wrote to U.S. governors that they should ignore recent guidance... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVNS) – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) as well as Representative David McKinley (R-WV) announced West Virginia will receive $140,751,000 in Fiscal Year 2022 for the purpose of reclaiming abandoned mine lands.This historic amount of funding was only made possible by the recently enacted bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Infrastructure Investment... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) are asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) preparedness to review advanced nuclear reactor applications.Their letter to GAO Director Gene Dodaro builds several questions Capito, ranking member on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, asked during a committee hearing on December 2021, where she questioned NRC leadership on... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced funding Monday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for projects in Mercer and McDowell counties.Capito and Manchin, both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said the local grants were part of a $9,964,754 funding award from the USDA to West Virginia.“Investing in the development of our local economies in cities, towns, and counties across our state is vital... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is looking forward to hearing from President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee as well as meeting the person.Biden will nominate someone to replace Justice Stephen Breyer later this month. Breyer announced his retirement from the Supreme Court on Jan. 27, in which he will bring his 28 years with the high court to a close when the current term concludes.“I’m looking for a qualified candidate who knows... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is looking forward to hearing from President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee as well as meeting the person.Biden will nominate someone to replace Justice Stephen Breyer later this month. Breyer announced his retirement from the Supreme Court on Jan. 27, in which he will bring his 28 years with the high court to a close when the current term concludes.“I’m looking for a qualified candidate who knows... Read More

WASHINGTON — With hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for broadband expansion in West Virginia, all efforts are being coordinated into a master plan.   Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said during a virtual press briefing Thursday, Gov. Jim Justice last fall announced a $1 billion broadband plan and “a lot of this is federal dollars.”   More money will also come from the infrastructure package, she said, so the numbers are huge.   “This will be... Read More

WASHINGTON — With hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for broadband expansion in West Virginia, all efforts are being coordinated into a master plan.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said during a virtual press briefing Thursday that Gov. Jim Justice last fall announced a $1 billion broadband plan and “a lot of this is federal dollars.”More money will also come from the infrastructure package, she said, so the numbers are huge.“This will be coordinated,” she... Read More

WEST VIRGINIA — The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us just how important broadband connectivity is for our daily lives and many residents in West Virginia live without adequate broadband connections or even no connection at all. Senator Shelley Moore Capito has announced a new broadband initiative to bridge the gap in the Mountain State.This is one of many broadband initiatives in West Virginia at both the state and federal levels. However, Senator Capito’s most recent program is asking... Read More

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee members began laying the groundwork Wednesday for bipartisan bills aimed at bolstering the nation’s recycling programs.Chairman Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., and Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., have drafted legislation that would help standardize data reporting on recycling in the United States and require a slew of reports examining the potential for a national residential composting strategy, the recycling practices of federal agencies and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) took part in a hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill regarding two pieces of legislation that could improve recycling and composting programs.Capito, a ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said a bill she drafted would help recycling accessibility throughout the United States and bring recycling services to underserved areas. It’s called the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility... Read More

As West Virginia’s congressional delegation continues to work for more research dollars headed to Mountain State institutions of higher learning, U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have announced nearly $900,000 from the National Science Foundation for West Virginia University and Fairmont State University.At WVU, funding will go toward two projects: CAREER: Self-Consistent Density Estimates from Accelerometers for Improved Understanding, Modeling, and... Read More

WELLSBURG — More than 900 homes and businesses in southern Brooke County served by the Hammond Public Service District are expected to see improvements to their water service thanks to a $4.6 million grant awarded by the Army Corps of Engineers.   U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.; and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; have announced the grant was funded through the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.   U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling, also supported the legislation,... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, as well as co-chair of the Senate Broadband Caucus, today hosted several events in the Charleston area focused on broadband and its future in West Virginia.First, Senator Capito met virtually with members from both the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce and invited members of the West Virginia Broadband Enhancement Council where she heard directly from... Read More

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) is getting an up close look at Marshall University’s aviation program set to launch this fall semester.“The most exciting thing I think is what we’re hearing about the number of students that can be trained in aviation maintenance. There’s a huge backlog of people wanting to hire those folks,” Capito said during a tour of the Huntington Tri-State Airport Wednesday.Capito joined Marshall... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WTRF) — It is a problem almost all West Virginians are all too familiar with: Slow internet. And Thursday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is rejuvenating the fight to expand broadband. “Over 700 stories to tell, and you know what? They’re not happy stories. They are stories of low service. They’re paying for service that has not been delivered. Their child, their grandchildren in school have had to move... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia’s U.S. senators are waiting to see whom President Joe Biden will nominate to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.   Breyer will leave the high court at the end of its current term; the justice, a nominee of President Bill Clinton, began serving on the court in August 1994. Breyer has been a liberal voice that has shown a willingness to work with colleagues.   Biden met Breyer in the 1970s when Biden, then a senator, served on... Read More