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OAK HILL — West Virginia has welcomed a few more friends over since the local National Park Service entity was re-designated a year ago.   By virtue of a congressional omnibus package passed by both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump on Dec. 27, 2020, the New River Gorge National River — originally created in 1978 — became the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, the 63rd National Park and the 20th... Read More

The year may be ending, but the push to vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19 is not.   NEWS9’s Rich Pierce spoke to West Virginia Junior Senator Shelley Moore Capito about a number of topics, including what needs to be done to put this virus in the rearview mirror.   RP: Just over 60 percent of eligible people in the country are vaccinated right now. What more can be done to push that number even higher to a spot where scientists, medical professionals feel... Read More

WHEELING — The federal courthouse in Wheeling soon will bear the name of one of its former chief judges.   President Joe Biden this week signed into law a resolution renaming the courthouse the “Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse.”   Stamp presided in that courthouse starting in 1990, achieved senior status in 2006 and spent 1994-2001 as its chief judge.The resolution was sponsored in the United States House of Representatives by... Read More

GREENWIRE | As President Biden closes out his first year in office, he still has not nominated EPA's top air official, a role that takes on even greater importance with climate legislation stalling on Capitol Hill.Seven of Biden's EPA nominees have been approved to fill leadership and policy posts at the agency. Another four nominees await confirmation votes on the Senate floor. But the president has not yet announced his pick for EPA assistant administrator for air and radiation."If you... Read More

WASHINGTON — West Virginia and other states are going to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop an attempt by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to transform the nation’s power sector through emissions regulations.   Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Monday the Supreme Court has agreed to consider the coalition of 19 states’ challenge to the EPA, which, if left unchecked, would have “unlimited authority to regulate wide swaths of everyday life. The lower... Read More

WASHINGTON — West Virginia and other states are going to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop an attempt by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to transform the nation’s power sector through emissions regulations.   Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Monday the Supreme Court has agreed to consider the coalition of 19 states’ challenge to the EPA, which, if left unchecked, would have “unlimited authority to regulate wide swaths of everyday life. The lower... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – More than $2.2 million dollars is being allotted to help the continued efforts to repair damage from the 2016 floods that devastated parts of the Mountain State.   U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced the U.S. forest Services would get $2,239,504 for the repair efforts.   “The 2016 floods devastated our state and repercussions are still being felt today,” Capito said. “This funding will help... Read More

MORGANTOWN – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined with business leaders Monday morning to announce expanded support for the 19-state coalition challenge of the authority of the EPA that is before the U.S. Supreme Court.   Leaders of the West Virginia Coal Association and the West Virginia Business and Industry Council appeared with Morrisey to announce they are among those signing on to amicus – friend of the court – briefs to support the... Read More

WASHINGTON — The proposed federal $2 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) bill has “hit a huge brick wall” and would actually cost $5 trillion, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said last week.   Capito said during a virtual press conference the bill is opposed by most West Virginians, would worsen inflation and the price tag would over time be $5 trillion with no plan in place to pay for it.   Pres. Joe Biden, who has pushed the initiative, had hoped the bill would be... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has spent the year opposing much of President Joe Biden’s agenda.   Capito, who began her second Senate term in January, holds multiple positions that differ from the president, including stances on energy and the administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.   Yet Capito has also had opportunities to speak to Biden and his team in hopes of moving bills through Congress. She led negotiations between... Read More

CHARLESTON – The lack of progress on high profile bills, such as Build Back Better and the Freedom to Vote Act, might be getting all the headlines, but U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito sees a number of successes as 2021 begins to fade into the rear-view mirror.   Capito, R-W.Va., virtually spoke with West Virginia reporters from her Capitol Hill office Thursday afternoon as the U.S. Senate begins to wind down for Christmas recess.   The biggest victory of 2021 for Capito was... Read More

CHARLESTON — The lack of progress on high profile bills, such as Build Back Better and the Freedom to Vote Act, might be getting all the headlines, but U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito sees a number of successes as 2021 begins to fade into the rear-view mirror.   Capito, R-W.Va., virtually spoke with West Virginia reporters from her Capitol Hill office Thursday afternoon as the U.S. Senate begins to wind down for Christmas recess.   The biggest victory of 2021 for Capito was... Read More

MORGANTOWN — After two appearances with the GOP senators this week to criticize elements of Build Back Better, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito spoke with West Virginia press members Thursday about D.C. goings-on.   She reiterated her opposition to BBB’s childcare and pre-K provisions, which reportedly will double costs for middle class families and essentially wipe out access to faith-based care – used by 53% of U.S. families – by prohibiting access to subsidies and... Read More

WASHINGTON (WDVM) — West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito alongside other Republican senators are claiming that the new child care plans in the Build Back Better agenda will only help some families and leave others to make a difficult choice.   During a press conference, Senator Capito claimed that the new universal child care initiative will only increase the cost of child care while also limiting parents’ choice of what type of child care they want for their kids. She... Read More

Speaking of Build Back Better … Moderates on the left side of the Senate aisle and all senators to the right continue to insist the price tag is too much, despite Congress slashing the cost nearly in half to appease Congressional centrists.Well, there’s one measure in Build Back Better that the Senate is welcome to take a machete to instead of whacking away at climate and social safety net proposals: an increase of the SALT deduction cap from $10,000 to $80,000.The SALT (state and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced that $108,801 will go to the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.   This funding is courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and will be used to help West Virginia when it comes to its animal disease preparedness.   “Investing in the health of our livestock protects vital agricultural sectors in our economy, while also... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito joined with other GOP senators at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to blast a Democratic proposal to increase Internal Revenue Service funding by $80 billion to beef up tax collection and enforcement.   The proposal is included in the Build Back Better legislation now before the Senate. More than half of the money would go toward hiring 87,000 new enforcement agents; it also includes $105 million to hire new regulation writers, they... Read More

THE OTHER WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR’S PLANS: Joe Manchin is not the only West Virginia senator resolved to trim the Democrats’ “Build Back Better” spending bill.   Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, has been left out of negotiations over the partisan spending bill but is planning a trio of amendments to pluck energy and climate-related provisions from the bill once it’s introduced on the... Read More

WHEELING — The next step in the federal courthouse in Wheeling being named for Judge Frederick Stamp Jr. is complete.   The United States Senate this week passed by unanimous consent a resolution that would rename the courthouse the “Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse.” The resolution now will go to the desk of President Joe Biden for him to sign.   The resolution originated in the U.S. House of Representatives and was sponsored by... Read More

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate vote Wednesday night to stop the federal vaccine mandate on private businesses passed, but even if it would make it through the House it is unlikely to get past a presidential veto.   Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was one of the GOP senators pushing the vote on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) measure to cancel Pres. Joe Biden’s mandate, which is now stalled in the court system.   Capito said during a virtual press conference Thursday... Read More