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WASHINGTON (WDTV) - Three of West Virginia’s top lawmakers are urging the court to restart work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Representatives Carol Miller and Alex Mooney joined six other members of Congress in support of the controversial pipe. Last week, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals halted construction of the 303 mile project., citing a pending environmental report. Appeals court orders Mountain Valley Pipeline to halt construction... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVDN) – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), along with Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), on July 19, 2023, reintroduced the Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act, bipartisan legislation to encourage early assessment and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Companion legislation was also introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by... Read More

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is optimistic the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in favor of Congress’s right to pass the law to finish the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Capito said during a virtual press briefing Thursday that she is “confidently hopeful” Chief Justice John Roberts will make the decision to rule in favor of Congress after an emergency ruling by the court was requested by the MVP owner, Equitrans Midstream. The request was... Read More

West Virginia state officials are developing a plan for the $1.2 billion allocated by the federal government to expand and improve broadband access to areas lacking in the state.  The money is coming from the Telecommunication and Information Administration and Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson said that, “today the internet is a necessity, not a luxury.”  The funds must first be used to bring service to areas that are unserved.  Senator Shelley Moore Capito was on... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The West Virginia delegation is asking the Supreme Court for an emergency opinion. The move comes after another lawsuit blocked the Mountain Valley Pipeline project shortly after legislation allowed it to continue. The fight over the Mountain Valley Pipeline project is reaching the Supreme Court after a federal court in Virginia ruled last week to halt the project. The new lawsuit by The Wilderness Society, comes after the debt ceiling... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, leader of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has announced $1.5 million for the proposed Harmony Grove interchange project off I-79 in the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation Funding Bill. Once the budget is adopted, Harmony Grove project funds will be awarded. Senator Capito has conducted site visits to the area and Mountaintop Beverage, which will depend on the interchange to ramp up to full production and limit truck traffic on... Read More

Nine lawmakers filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday in an attempt to restart construction on the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline project. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., and U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., announced Wednesday they were joining six other members of Congress in filing an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s completion and against attempts by... Read More

WASHINGTON — West Virginia's two senators and two U.S. representatives now have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Mountain Valley Pipeline's completion. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., filed his amicus brief on Tuesday. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Reps. Carol Miller and Alex Mooney, both R-W.Va., as well as six other members of Congress filed a similar amicus Wednesday. The project’s developers recently filed an emergency application to Chief... Read More

West Virginia’s congressional delegation again weighed in for completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Congressman Alex Mooney and Congresswoman Carol Miller signed a brief urging the chief justice of the United States to intervene for the pipeline. Construction was halted, at least temporarily, by an appeals court panel. Then the pipeline developers filed an emergency intervention request to the chief justice. “By filing this amicus brief,... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Reps. Alex Mooney and Carol Miller have joined with six other lawmakers to file a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Mountain Valley Pipeline’s effort to have the court to lift a pair of stays the federal Fourth Circuit issued last week to once again block completion of the pipeline. Their amicus – friend-of-the-court – brief comes a day after Sen. Joe Manchin filed his own. Wednesday’s brief from Capito and her... Read More

West Virginia’s entire congressional delegation has filed briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Republican Reps. Carol Miller and Alex Mooney joined a brief with other lawmakers in support of the project. Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, submitted a separate brief. The 300-mile natural gas pipeline is on hold again because the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked construction, siding with... Read More

FIRST ON FOX: A bicameral congressional delegation is filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on Wednesday, calling for it to strike down a lower court order pausing a natural gas pipeline green-lit by recent legislation. The delegation — led by GOP Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., and joined by seven fellow representatives and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. — argued that a 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last week blocking Mountain Valley... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVDN) – Last week, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) reintroduced the bipartisan Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act, legislation that would expand research and raise awareness through public education programs to support women suffering from uterine fibroids. The legislation is named after the late U.S. Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio, who championed this issue. “I’m... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently hosted assistant secretary of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Alan Davidson, a key U.S. broadband official, in Charleston, West Virginia, for a series of meetings focused on the state’s current broadband capacities and needs. Davidson’s visit comes after $1.2 billion was awarded to West Virginia for broadband expansion at the end of June 2023 through the Broadband... Read More

FAIRMONT, W.Va (WDTV) - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) went to Fairmont on Tuesday and visited Novelis, an aluminum rolling and recycling facility. During her visit, Senator Capito met with company leadership and discussed recycling and tax policies, including the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2023 and the American Investment in Manufacturing, or AIM, Act. Senator Capito says the policies have the potential to help the industry become more efficient and provide... Read More

FAIRMONT, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), visited Novelis, a world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling in Fairmont Tuesday. Senator Capito talked about recycling, tax policies and recent legislation including the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2023 and the American Investment in Manufacturing (AIM) Act. “It was great to get a firsthand look at the creative ways... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., continues to support efforts that could aid the development of nuclear power generation in West Virginia. Capito is among the signatories of a letter urging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to review and modify the draft licensing framework for advanced nuclear reactor technologies to establish the regulations to enable the deployment of advanced reactors. Capito, who helped introduce the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile,... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVDN) – On July 14, 2023, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) hosted Assistant Secretary of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Alan Davidson, a key U.S. broadband official, in Charleston, W.Va. for a series of meetings focused on the state’s current broadband capacities and needs.  Mr. Davidson’s visit comes after $1.2 billion was awarded to West Virginia for broadband expansion at the end of... 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 in the U.S.... 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 in the U.S.... Read More