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Exciting things are in store for the ADVANCE Act as it reaches the President’s desk this week.  The ADVANCE Act aims to strengthen the nation’s energy security and expand on clean energy.  The act includes the ability to repurpose brownfields and old coal sites for nuclear power.  Senator Shelley Moore Capito says we need more baseload energy, and small modular reactors will present an opportunity to increase nuclear power in West Virginia.  West Virginia is perfectly suited for this because... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, toured the West Virginia State Fire Academy and addressed campers at the National Junior Firefighter Camp. The West Virginia State Fire Academy is operated by West Virginia University (WVU) Fire Service Extension, and is host to the annual National Junior Firefighter Camp. Started in 2006, the camp encourages a new generation of volunteer firefighters and is the only one of its kind... Read More

Senator Shelley Moore Capito said she knows many people afflicted with Parkinson’s Disease and she understands how difficult it is for both the patient and the family. She authored a bill that aims to unite the federal government in a mission to cure and prevent Parkinson’s. It also aims to alleviate the financial and health burdens on families, and to reduce government spending on it eventually. The advocates for Parkinson’s Disease came to me here in West Virginia and said we don’t really know... Read More

Legislation to help fight Parkinson’s Disease has been signed into law by President Joe Biden. The bipartisan measure was introduced earlier this year by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn. Called the Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act, it is the first-ever legislation solely devoted to ending Parkinson’s disease, according to Capito. The bill aims to unite the federal government in a mission to... Read More

As West Virginia joins with all 50 states and U.S. territories in celebrating the 248th anniversary marking the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the state’s top leaders wished residents a happy 4th of July, with state employees getting Friday off. In a statement Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice – as well as his English bulldog Babydog – wished all West Virginians a happy Independence Day, encouraging people to travel the state. “During this long weekend, I hope you all get the chance to... Read More

Because of the constant determination of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., the U.S. Senate recently passed the bipartisan Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act by a vote of 88-2. The ADVANCE Act, in addition to directing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to streamline its regulatory process, will help energy communities redevelop former generation stations for future nuclear energy projects. Thanks to these actions, coupled with legislative... Read More

West Virginia’s governor and representatives in the U.S. Senate wished state residents a happy Fourth of July in video messages shared ahead of the holiday. In declaring Friday as an additional holiday for state employees, Justice urged residents to remember the importance of July 4th. “We should all take time to reflect on all the sacrifices made by our veterans and active duty military members this Independence Day,” he said. “Their sacrifices are the reason we can celebrate the freedoms of... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is astounded by the changes seen in north Weirton in the last few years Capito, R-W.Va., was in the city Monday to visit Form Factory 1, receiving a tour and update on development of the facility constructed to manufacture iron-air batteries on property once used in the making of steel. It was part of a series of stops in the Northern Panhandle. “What a great investment,” she said of the facility which has been under construction for the last year. “It’s such an... Read More

Federal, state and local officials came together for the groundbreaking ceremony for Micrologic’s $20 million Randolph County Fiber Broadband Project Wednesday morning. The ceremony, which took place at 1300 Harrison Ave., the future location for Micrologic’s Randolph branch, included representatives from local, state and federal governments, including Sen. Shelley Moore Capito. R-W.Va. “We have an opportunity here, really, to never have another meeting like this,” Capito said during her remarks... Read More

West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito helped introduce a bill tackling Parkinson’s disease back in 2022, and on Tuesday, the bill was officially signed into law. The “Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act” was first introduced by Senator Capito and Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy in September 2022, but it was on Tuesday that U.S. President Joe Biden turned it into law. The legislation states that the Department of Health and Human... Read More

A Biden administration measure that has been decried for months by oil and gas industry stakeholders has been paused by a court order. A U.S. District Court judge in Louisiana on Monday granted a preliminary injunction putting a halt to the administration's order pausing pending decisions on exports of liquefied natural gas to non-fair-trade countries. The stay came as the result of a challenge brought by a coalition of 16 states, including West Virginia. The U.S. District Court Western District... Read More

Micrologic, an internet service provider based in Buckhannon, held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for a broadband expansion project in Randolph County. The Randolph County Fiber Project is set to bring high-speed fiber connectivity to 10,000 locations within Randolph County. This $20 million investment marks a significant milestone in enhancing the region's digital infrastructure, fostering economic growth, and improving the quality of life for residents and businesses alike, according to a... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is astounded by the changes seen in north Weirton in the last few years Capito, R-W.Va., was in the city Monday to visit Form Factory 1, receiving a tour and update on development of the facility constructed to manufacture iron-air batteries on property once used in the making of steel. It was part of a series of stops in the Northern Panhandle. “What a great investment,” she said of the facility which has been under construction for the last year. “It’s such an... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is astounded by the changes seen in north Weirton in the last few years. Capito, R-W.Va., was in the city Monday to visit Form Factory 1, receiving a tour and update on development of the facility constructed to manufacture iron-air batteries on property once used in the making of steel. It was part of a series of stops in the Northern Panhandle. “What a great investment,” she said of the facility which has been under construction for the last year. “It’s such an... Read More

West Virginia U.S. Senator Shelly Moore Capito made her way to Weirton on Monday to tour Form Energy's Factory 1 and she said a lot has changed since the last time she was here three years ago. "There's no comparison as to where the flat land that was still being cleaned out when I was once here and it was sad, sad to see because you knew tens of thousands of people have worked here and their ancestors,” Moore Capito said. “Now, we have the same feeling of just a rejuvenation." Capito had the... Read More

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 (Labor-HHS), announced an award from the U.S. Department of Education (Education) for Education Alliance in Charleston. This award, which was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made by Senator Capito in Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24), will help Education Alliance launch a rural branch of the... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin and other state and local leaders on Friday to provide an update on the $24,995,250 recently announced funding needed to begin construction of the Capital Connector Project in Charleston. The funding, which Senator Capito secured, was through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s... Read More

Efforts to renovate a deteriorating building on the city’s Town Square have received a boost in the form of federal funds issued through the Small Business Administration. On Thursday, Alex Weld, chairwoman of the Wellsburg Urban Redevelopment Authority, announced the volunteer city committee has been awarded $750,000 to renovate a vacant, three-story structure at 701 Charles St. Recently crews with Modex Contracting of Wellsburg gutted the building’s interior and removed its collapsing roof... Read More

A major construction project impacting Kanawha Boulevard is one step closer to reality, as the city of Charleston received $25 million in grant funding for the Capitol Connector Project. The money comes from a RAISE grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, and will be used for the construction phase of the project. Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin says U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D.-W.Va., were essential in helping to secure the funding. According to a... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) joined 33 of their fellow lawmakers in seeking to quash a climate disclosure rule adopted in March by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that requires publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data.  In a bicameral amicus brief the congressional members filed in Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, et al v. SEC, they requested that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit... Read More