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We applaud U.S. senators, including West Virginia’s own Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, for advancing the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act. The bills passed the Senate on Tuesday with 91 votes in favor. The bills would update data privacy rules and provide parents and educators with the “tools and transparency needed to shield children and teens from the negative impacts of social media,” Manchin said. “We must stand together to... Read More

Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito jointly announced on Tuesday that the initial $30 million of the total $925 million award was released from the Department of Energy to officially launch the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) in West Virginia. They were joined in the announcement by Gov. Jim Justice and former Rep. David McKinley. This funding was made possible by provisions included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, they said. “Since our state’s founding in 1863, we... Read More

The first funds to support the development of the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub have been released. The first $30 million toward the project was issued by the U.S. Department of Energy, according to a press release from the West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Coalition. “This initial funding announcement marks an important step in helping the ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub come to fruition,” said US Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a member of the coalition. The Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub,... Read More

Federal agencies would be prohibited from contracting with companies boycotting Israel under legislation proposed on July 25 by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and 12 of her Republican colleagues. “I have made it a priority to stop the flow of U.S. taxpayer dollars to antisemitic, anti-Israel organizations,” Sen. Capito said. “I’m proud to join my colleagues in this effort to make certain the U.S. does not engage in business with government contractors who boycott our ally and friend,... 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), introduced the Restoring Civility on Campus Act. The legislation ensures universities and the U.S. Department of Education (Education) immediately address civil rights complaints if a student experiences violence or harassment on campus because of their heritage. This effort was led by U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy,... Read More

With antisemitism rising on campuses following last fall’s terrorist attack on Israel, U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) have proposed legislation that would establish requirements for investigations of certain discrimination complaints made by students attending America’s colleges and universities. Sen. Cassidy on July 24 sponsored the Restoring Civility on Campus Act, S. 4760, alongside four original cosponsors, including Sens. Capito and Ernst,... Read More

U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., voted Tuesday in favor of a pair of bills aimed at increasing protections for children online. The two bills, the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, received bipartisan support, passing 91-3. The legislative package would update data privacy rules and provide parents and educators with the “tools and transparency needed to shield children and teens from the negative... Read More

President Joe Biden on July 25 signed into law a bipartisan bill supported by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) to establish an inspections regime for the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).  The Federal Prison Oversight Act, H.R. 3019/S. 1401, requires the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (IG) to conduct risk-based inspections of the BOP’s 122 correctional facilities, provide recommendations to fix problems, and assign each facility a risk score, with higher-risk... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), joined 11 of her Senate Republican colleagues in introducing the Countering Hate Against Israel by Federal Contractors Act. The legislation – led by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) – would prohibit the federal government from contracting with entities who boycott the State of Israel. West Virginia and 36 other states have passed laws or regulations opposing the boycott, divestment, or sanction (BDS) of Israel.  “I have made it a priority to stop the... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is backing the Restoring Civility on Campus Act. Capito, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, said the legislation introduced into the Republican-controlled House ensures universities and the U.S. Department of Education immediately address civil rights complaints if a student experiences violence or harassment on campus because of their heritage. The legislation... Read More

West Virginia health officials are ramping up efforts to educate the public about the impacts of social media on the well-being of young people. In a recent New York Times op-ed, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy wrote that the mental health crisis among the young is an emergency, and social media has emerged as an important contributor to that. He proposed a surgeon general’s warning label be placed on social media platforms to inform users of its addictive nature. Neuroscience research... Read More

Sometimes when news of a new law becomes public, we’re left wondering: Why wasn’t this a law long before? Such is the case with the Federal Prison Oversight Act, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Thursday. The bipartisan bill overhauls inspection procedures and establishes more independent oversight of the nation’s 122 prison facilities under federal control. It mandates routine inspections by the Department of Justice inspector general and creates a new ombudsman who will be... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito told The Dominion Post on Thursday that the Senate Appropriations Committee has marked up and sent to the full Senate an appropriations bill that includes $26 million for the Morgantown Industrial Park bridge and access road project. Capito is a member of the Appropriations Committee and said the funding is through Congressionally Directed Spending. She personally requested it to be included in the bill to fund the U.S. Department of Transportation in Fiscal Year 2025.... Read More

President Biden signed into law on Thursday the Federal Prison Oversight Act — a bill co-sponsored by Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito to address problems in the federal prison system. Lead sponsor Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., said he first introduced the bipartisan bill in 2022 after leading multiple bipartisan Senate investigations into corruption, abuse and misconduct within the Federal prison system, uncovering a lack of oversight of the Federal prison system that led to long-term... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced on Thursday resources from several federal agencies that will support initiatives across the state, including health care, education, environmental cleanup, infrastructure, economic development, and drug prevention projects in West Virginia. Area projects benefiting from the funding include: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding: • $4,737,497 in HHS Head Start Program funding to... Read More

A bipartisan bill to strengthen federal prison oversight is now officially law. President Biden on Thursday signed into law the bipartisan Federal Prison Oversight Act, prison reform legislation to overhaul independent oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prison’s 122 facilities nationwide by mandating routine inspections of all facilities by the DOJ Inspector General and establishing a new ombudsman to investigate the health, safety, welfare and rights of incarcerated people and staff. “Our... Read More

One of the key rulings from this year’s U.S. Supreme Court term could shed light on how the court may act on requests to stay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s power plant rules, according to U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. Capito, during her weekly media briefing Thursday, said the high court’s ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which resulted in the overturning of a 40-year-old legal doctrine known as “Chevron deference,” could be telling. “Chevron deference,”... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced on Thursday resources from several federal agencies that will support initiatives across the state, including health care, education, environmental cleanup, infrastructure, economic development, and drug prevention projects in West Virginia. Area projects benefiting from the funding include: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding: • $4,737,497 in HHS Head Start Program funding to... Read More

The West Virginia Coal Association has echoed West Virginia Attorney Patrick Morrisey’s request for the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s power plant rules. President Chris Hamilton, who has said the EPA rules are “specifically designed” to force the state’s nine coal-fired power plants to close, said his organization is also calling on the Supreme Court to issue an emergency stay so other legal challenges can play out. “Our utilities,... Read More

A report issued by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) reveals how a Biden administration law aimed at reducing inflation plans to provide millions in taxpayer dollars to radical nonprofit entities. “Investment in Radical Activists: A Case Study on the NDN Collective Supported by the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act,” which was released on Tuesday, shows that the far-left group NDN Collective would receive $100 million through the Environmental Protection Agency as part of Democrats’ $1.6... Read More