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WASHINGTON — Both U.S. senators from West Virginia are now opposing the proposed new carbon pollution standard for power plants burning fossil fuels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced proposed standards Thursday that it says will protect health, reduce the amount of pollutants harmful to people and over 20 years provide $85 billion in climate and public health benefits. However, the regulations will cause coal- and gas-fired power plants to close, Sen. Shelley Moore... Read More

FIRST ON FOX: Senate Republicans are touting their accomplishments rejecting Biden administration regulations via congressional resolutions that have received support from Democrats. Since January, the Senate has approved seven such resolutions which utilize the Congressional Review Act (CRA), a law dating back nearly three decades that allows Congress to revoke federal regulations. All seven of the CRAs revoked energy- or environment-related regulations with the majority being... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVNS)– Senator Shelley Moore Capito (WV-R) and others call on the Drug Enforcement Administration to remove barriers to buprenorphine, a drug used to treat opioid use and save lives. According to Capito, Senator Martin Heinrich (NM-D) spearheaded this group in hopes to make buprenorphine more accessible for those who need it to kick opioid use. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says that buprenorphine is an opioid partial agonist used in... Read More

West Virginia’s U.S. senators and state attorney general pushed back against newly announced federal rules for power plant emissions. Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday that she’d introduce a resolution of disapproval for new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). If they take effect, the rules would require coal-burning power plants to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by 90 percent, or shut down. Capito said carbon capture technology is not yet in... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBOY) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Thursday announced that she plans to lead efforts through the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed power plant regulations that critics of the plan worry will force the closure of coal and gas-fired power plants. The draft of the rule was released on Thursday, and Nexstar affiliate The Hill is reporting that the proposal seeks to limit carbon... Read More

ATHENS, W.Va. (WVVA) - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced that Concord University will be receiving $1,050,000 to establish a new physician assistant degree program with funding made available through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made and secured solely by Capito. “Concord University continues to be an educational leader in southern West Virginia, and the addition of a physician assistant degree program will serve to increase opportunities available... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — West Virginia officials and organizations are denouncing new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants. The EPA’s new proposed rules, which require coal and natural gas-fired electrical generation facilities to capture or dramatically reduce carbon emissions in the years ahead, were released Thursday. “By proposing new standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants, EPA is delivering on its mission to reduce... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – West Virginia has been awarded a highly competitive, five-year $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). The funding will help boost academic scientific research and upgrade infrastructure at West Virginia University (WVU), Marshall University (MU), West Virginia State University (WVSU) and Shepherd University. EPSCoR is facilitated by the West Virginia Higher Education... Read More

U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) recently sponsored legislation to streamline the nation’s sluggish permitting and environmental approval processes to make it easier to build energy, transportation, and other infrastructure projects. Sen. Capito, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Barrasso, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced two bills on May 4 that aim to cut red tape,... Read More

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University is positioning itself to become a national leader in the field of cyber security, and, according to General Counsel Toney Stroud, leadership is working hard to make that happen. While speaking before members of the legislative Joint Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism on Tuesday, Stroud said that with the recent influx of new businesses into West Virginia, the state has witnessed a steady stream of economic growth. Now, this growth... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — Three Mountain State students accomplished something most students will not in 2023. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recently announced the 59th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, recognizing 161 high school seniors for their accomplishments in a variety of educational fields. The Mountain State Presidential Scholar finalists include:   Lynco: Dalton S. Cook, Westside High School, Clear Fork, West Virginia.  Morgantown: Rania Zuri,... Read More

May 10—Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is now one of the co-sponsors of a bill to keep some of the operations of Title 42 in place at the southern border after the program expires on Thursday. If approved, the legislation, led by Senators Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ari., would give the Biden administration a two-year temporary expulsion authority for migrants to illegally enter the United States without inspection or proper documents. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.,... Read More

HUNTINGTON — The federal permitting process for Nucor’s planned steel mill in Mason County is taking too much time, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito says. “I absolutely think it’s moving too slowly,” Capito, R-W.Va., the ranking Republican member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said during a virtual press conference with reporters on Thursday. “I mean, I think I made that clear to the general and I’ve talked with him before.” On... Read More

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University is positioning itself to become a national leader in the field of cyber security, and, according to General Counsel Toney Stroud, leadership is working hard to make that happen.  While speaking before members of the legislative Joint Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism on Tuesday, Stroud said that with the recent influx of new businesses into West Virginia, the state has witnessed a steady stream of economic growth. Now, this... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is now one of the co-sponsors of a bill to keep some of the operations of Title 42 in place at the southern border after the program expires on Thursday. If approved, the legislation, led by Senators Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ari., would give the Biden administration a two-year temporary expulsion authority for migrants to illegally enter the United States without inspection or proper documents. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced on Monday... Read More

WEST VIRGINIA (LOOTPRESS) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, today announced five organizations in West Virginia will collectively receive $6,555,818 in State and National funding, including grants and education awards from AmeriCorps. Through this competition, five successful grantees operating in West Virginia will receive $4,877,096 in... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — West Virginia’s U.S. Senators, Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, have each recently introduced bills aimed overhauling the permitting process for federal energy projects. Both Manchin and Capito have been involved in multiple attempts over the last year to pass a permitting bill that would aid the completion of the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline project. “We’ve been working this issue for months now,” Capito said. “We have... Read More

U.S. Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced two bills seeking to reform the permitting and environmental review processes. Barrasso, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, introduced the Spur Permitting of Underdeveloped Resources (SPUR) Act. This bill includes provisions to increase domestic energy and mineral development, ensure federal lands remain open to productive uses, and streamline permitting of energy... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS)  – Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, helped introduce the Kids Online Safety Act, comprehensive bipartisan legislation – led by U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) – to protect children online and hold Big Tech accountable. “Our children are the future, which is why it’s important that we do all we... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC (LOOTPRESS) – Senator Shelley Moore Capito is joining 42 of her Republican Senator colleagues in opposing raising the debt limit without spending cuts. Senator Capito, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined 42 of her Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) expressing a collective commitment to oppose raising the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms. The national debt... Read More