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U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Tuesday proposed bipartisan legislation that aims to promote more research into preventing and managing lung cancer among women who are non-smokers. “I’m proud to join my colleagues to reintroduce legislation that will work to improve treatment and prevention of lung cancer in women,” said Sen. Capito, who signed on as one of seven original cosponsors of the Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act, S. 2245. The... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Officials expect West Virginia to receive around 20% of its share of federal broadband expansion funds next summer, according to the director of the state Office of Broadband. Kelly Workman, speaking at a press conference Friday featuring Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Alan Davidson, U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information, said the first round of funds could be available “this time next year.” “And... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen Shelley Moore Capito and Gov. Jim Justice joined with National Telecommunications and Information Administration Administrator Alan Davidson on Friday to celebrate the $1.2 billion coming to West Virginia to extend broadband coverage across the state. “Today, the internet’s a necessity not a luxury,” Davidson said at a press conference in the governor’s office. But millions of homes across the nation – including 271,624 homes and small... Read More

CHARLESTON — With the dispute over the Mountain Valley Pipeline likely on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito accused the federal court holding back the project of being “politicized.” Capito, R-W.Va., spoke with reporters Thursday in a virtual briefing from her offices at the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals based in Richmond, Va., issued two rulings earlier this week that once again halted... Read More

West Virginia is used to the feds putting the cart before the horse in an attempt to cripple fossil fuel power plants before renewable options are — affordably — up and running. But elected officials such as Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., continue to push back. Once again, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is looking at new emissions regulations for power plants fueled by coal, natural gas and other fossil fuels. The EPA has proposed a rule... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — West Virginia’s broadband efforts are set to get a major boost. For years, installing broadband internet service throughout every corner of West Virginia has been one of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's top priorities. Now, $1.2 billion for broadband expansion is coming to the Mountain State. Capito said the need for the funding was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. “When COVID came it really magnified how far behind we were falling... Read More

The chief of the federal office overseeing an enormous expansion of high-speed internet connectivity visited West Virginia, one of the states that’s set to benefit most. Alan Davidson, chief of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, accompanied Senator Shelley Moore Capito and met with state officials including Gov. Jim Justice, Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael and West Virginia’s officials responsible for broadband connectivity. “There’s a... Read More

The push for stronger broadband availability across West Virginia and nationally continues. In late June, officials unveiled a $42.45 billion high-speed internet grant program known as "Internet for All” which is a big component of President Joe Biden’s "Investing in America" agenda. According to a press release from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), funding has been allocated to all 50 states, the District of... Read More

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals won’t be successful in stopping the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline project, according to U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., who believes the latest stay issued against the natural gas pipeline project will end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court issued its latest stay against the West Virginia and Virginia-based pipeline project last week, despite the U.S. Congress approving legislation last month requiring all necessary permits be... Read More

CHARLESTON — With the dispute over the Mountain Valley Pipeline likely on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito accused the federal court holding back the project of being “politicized.” Capito, R-W.Va., spoke with reporters Thursday in a virtual briefing from her offices at the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals based in Richmond, Va., issued two rulings earlier this week that once again halted... Read More

The head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration visited the state Capitol in Charleston on Friday to discuss the $1.2 billion broadband expansion in West Virginia. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., hosted Alan Davidson, the assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information, at the Capitol, where he met with Gov. Jim Justice and other state officials for a day of roundtable discussions. West Virginia will receive a $1.2 billion share of the $42... Read More

Plans to connect the last 300,000 locations in West Virginia with affordable internet went public on Friday.  In laying out the plan to spend more than $1.2 billion federal dollars for broadband deployment, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said she asked an internet expert a few years ago what it would take to get the last West Virginian connected.    “The things he said were time and money,” Capito said. “Well, we’ve got the money now, the time... Read More

CHARLESTON — Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a member of the Senate Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees, has announced a total of $2,799,136 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Science Foundation, and U.S Department of Education to support projects throughout West Virginia. USDA FUNDING: First, Capito announced $1,999,664 in total from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to support five... Read More

CHARLESTON — State officials reveled Friday over the massive federal allocation to expand and improve broadband access to areas lacking in West Virginia. Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson, of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, was in Charleston Friday and spoke at a press conference with Gov. Jim Justice and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. The state will receive $1.2 billion from the Telecommunications and Information Administration, an agency within... Read More

The head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration visited the state Capitol in Charleston on Friday to discuss the $1.2 billion broadband expansion in West Virginia. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., hosted Alan Davidson, the assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information, at the Capitol, where he met with Gov. Jim Justice and other state officials for a day of roundtable discussions. West Virginia will receive a $1.2 billion share of the $42... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., didn’t mince words Thursday when asked about “Bidenomics.” “It’s simply we pay more and get less,” Capito said of Bidenomics during her weekly virtual press briefing. “You spend more and you get less. That’s been the results. Our wages are not keeping up with inflation and families are tightening their belts. Over a third of Americans feel financially as they are in worse shape this year than last year.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WV News) — In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito shared her distaste for “Bidenomics,” as well as the halting of construction work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline by a federal court in Richmond. Despite Congress moving jurisdiction over the pipeline from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit — located in Richmond — to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the former still released... Read More

West Virginia is taking steps to harness the $1.2 billion that’s coming available in federal broadband expansion investment. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., will be accompanied in West Virginia on Friday by Alan Davidson, the assistant secretary of Commerce for communications and information. He’s the guy who leads the federal office over the rollout of the big broadband expansion. “We’re going to be talking about rolling out and making sure that the last... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito talked renewed Mountain Valley Pipeline delays, Bidenomics and more with members of the West Virginia press on Thursday. On Tuesday, the U.S. 4th Circuit Appeals Court issued a stay on the MVP under the Endangered Species Act. The federal court also granted a stay of the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to allow the pipeline to be constructed through the Jefferson National Forest while the court considers The Wilderness Society’s challenge... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBOY) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R, WV) Wednesday addressed a term you may have heard lately—”Bidenomics.” The term is meant to summarize President Joe Biden’s economic policies. In recent weeks, the president has been using the term more as political analysts say he’s using “Bidenomics” as the foundation of his 2024 re-election campaign. But recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research showed... Read More