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West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin recently spoke on the Senate floor to advocate for the designation of March 22, 2024, as National Inland Waterways Workers Safety Awareness Day. This initiative aims to honor Gabe White, a young man who tragically lost his life in a barge accident in March 2023. Senator Shelley Moore Capito partnered with Manchin to introduce the resolution. An investigation into White's death revealed that it could have been prevented. The probe found that he did not have... Read More

President Biden's EPA has implemented new pollution standards for vehicles built between 2027 and 2032. The aim is to boost the production of efficient gasoline-powered, hybrid, and electric vehicles. The standards are expected to cut carbon output and eliminate over 7 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions, with a societal benefit of over $100 billion. The United Automobile Workers union supports the rule, which aims for 56% of vehicle sales to be electric by 2032. West Virginia's political... Read More

A powerful policy tool that puts a price tag on greenhouse gases has reemerged as a flashpoint in the courts and in Congress, the latest development in an ideological tug-of-war that has played out for most of the Biden administration. The White House has been developing updated estimates for the tool, known as the social cost of carbon, since the day President Joe Biden took office. The metric is a dollar estimate of the harm to the economy caused by releasing one ton of planet-warming carbon... Read More

CHARLESTON — A new rule by President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency aimed at increasing the numbers of electric vehicles on the road has several of West Virginia’s political leaders shocked. On Wednesday, the EPA announced its final pollution standards for commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, and light and medium-duty vehicles affecting models to be built between 2027 and 2032. The standards are aimed at encouraging the production of more efficient gasoline-powered vehicles, as... Read More

Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., emphasized her criticism of new federal standards to crack down on emissions from gasoline-powered cars and trucks while boosting production of electric vehicles over the next few years. Federal officials called the new automobile emissions standards the most ambitious plan yet to curtail pollution from cars. Capito would like to hit the brakes. “Since when is the federal government telling us what we can and cannot buy in terms of our vehicles?” Capito... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Today, the Biden Administration has announced new tailpipe emission standards for new passenger cars, aiming to cut over 7 billion tons of carbon emissions. The standards will apply to new passenger cars and light duty trucks, with the model years from 2027 to 2032. The EPA says the reduction of carbon emissions will prevent premature deaths and reduce respiratory illnesses. In the US, transportation reportedly generates nearly 30% of the nation’s greenhouse... Read More

The political season always seems to bring out the extreme, and such is the case with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new vehicle standard that is aimed at reducing carbon emissions. While the end goal may be right, the timing certainly isn’t, and it appears to be just another attempt by President Joe Biden’s administration to attempt to issue mandates that are geared toward winning votes instead of instilling sound policy that reaches those goals in a reasonable time frame. The... Read More

Federal and state leaders spoke out Wednesday after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its finalized tailpipe emission rules which lawmakers argue were created to make Americans switch to electric vehicles. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released a statement about the EPA’s new admission rules which she said are designed to push Americans into buying electric vehicles. “With the final... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC (WOAY) – The Biden administration has announced new emissions standards that are being touted as “historic progress.” Members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation disagree. The new rules are not as strict from 2027 to 2029 as previously announced, but ramp up until the new preferred benchmark is reached in 2032. It targets emissions from cars and trucks that use gas or diesel. It also requires increased sales of electric vehicles. By 2032, electric vehicles need to make up... Read More

WASHINGTON – Legislation backed by Senate Recycling Caucus co-chair Senator John Boozman (R-AR) that would improve our nation’s recycling and composting systems unanimously passed the Senate last week. Boozman, along with Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) and Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), have been leading proponents of the pair of legislative initiatives to enhance recycling capabilities and expand opportunities for recycling and... Read More

CHARLESTON — It’s been more than a week since President Joe Biden gave his fourth State of the Union address to the nation, but U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito remains unimpressed. Capito provided comments on Biden’s speech and other issues during an afternoon briefing Thursday with reporters from her offices on Capitol Hill. Capito said Biden’s State of the State was less focused on how to make the country better and more focused on his presumptive Republican opponent – former President Donald... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito has announced that two local projects will be funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. Senator Capito herself requested these funds. The first project is intended to support a youth employment program in Charleston, while the second aims to enhance a workforce development initiative. The senator found out about these necessary projects from the local community. She is dedicated to helping West Virginia residents secure quality jobs, including youth and those... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Today, 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 funding from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for two West Virginia projects. "These awards, which were secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made by Senator Capito, will provide funding to the City of Charleston, W.Va. for a youth employment program... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVDN) — 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 funding from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for two West Virginia projects.   These awards, which were secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made by Senator Capito, will provide funding to the City of Charleston, W.Va. for a youth employment... Read More

SUMMERSVILLE, WV (WOAY) Federal funds from the Department of Labor totaling $750,000 will expand greenhouse production and landscaping workforce training in Summersville. The produce from these greenhouses will be used at Fruits of Labor locations to incorporate fresh West Virginia produce into the organization’s addiction prevention work. Greenhouse production will now run year-round. The funds were awarded to the West Virginia Region 4 Planning and Development Council. It serves Fayette,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has announced resources from several federal agencies for projects that will bolster health services, economic development, academic research, and outdoor conservation projects across West Virginia. HHS FUNDING: Senator Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced grants... Read More

CHARLESTON — It’s been more than a week since President Joe Biden gave his fourth State of the Union address to the nation, but U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito remains unimpressed. Capito provided comments on Biden’s speech and other issues during an afternoon briefing Thursday with reporters from her offices on Capitol Hill. Capito said Biden’s State of the Union was less focused on how to make the country better and more focused on his presumptive Republican opponent — former President Donald... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Thursday that she would support a bill banning TikTok. In addition to supporting the divestment of TikTok by its current Chinese owners, ByteDance, Capito said the Biden administration hasn’t done enough to tackle fentanyl precursor shipments from China. A bill passed Wednesday by the U.S. House would require that ByteDance sell TikTok to an approved company without connections to the Chinese state within six months. If that... Read More

The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee on March 12 marked up and approved the bipartisan Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 2024, which is cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). S. 3891, which Sen. Capito helped lead with bill sponsor U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), would reauthorize the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for the first time in nearly 20 years, and would make key reforms to modernize EDA’s core programs. “Today, the EPW Committee... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has announced resources from several federal agencies for projects throughout West Virginia. HHS FUNDING: Senator Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to three West Virginia Health Center... Read More