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President-Elect Donald Trump has announced more cabinet and administration appointments and two of them are viewed as good for West Virginia. Two things many in West Virginia are focused on are a shortage of broadband technology and an abundance of energy resources. West Virginia has among the worst broadband coverage in the nation and that affects things such as telehealth. FCC member Brendan Carr, who has visited West Virginia to address the issues, has now been nominated to be chairman of the... Read More

West Virginia officials have been pushing back against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants since the proposed set of rules were released in May 2023. West Virginia joined several legal actions against the EPA rules, including a multi-state coalition that urged the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene earlier this year. With a changing of the guard in Washington on the horizon, it remains to be see what will happen with a set of rules... Read More

Over the past few years, new developments into the nature of substance use and West Virginias’ ongoing opioid epidemic has prompted novel and proven effective ways on how we respond. More than ever before, it’s being recognized that response to the opioid crisis goes beyond just the need for law enforcement, but behavior and mental health experts and prevention and recovery specialists as well. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is among the leaders who have recognized the need for more... Read More

Experts on addiction and recovery met in Dunbar on Friday with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., for several panel discussions focusing on where West Virginia stands in the ongoing drug and overdose epidemic. In attendance at the summit were local and state lawmakers, representatives for nonprofit organizations working in recovery and addiction spheres, members of law enforcement and health officials, among others. Capito moderated three panels — one on recovery, another on research and... Read More

Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) is about to become the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. Senate, and she hopes to use that clout to tackle issues of interest to West Virginia. Senator Capito also becomes the state’s senior senator with the retirement of Senator Joe Manchin. Senator Capito will now chair the Republican Policy Committee, the fourth highest-ranking leader in the Senate. She will also be chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, which has influence on some energy... Read More

West Virginia will have a more powerful voice on infrastructure policy on Capitol Hill starting next year. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito will become chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee in January. She’ll set the agenda on a number of issues, including a highway reauthorization that Congress must enact next year. Capito says her priorities include rural roads, deficient bridges and safety. She also wants to take unspent funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), and U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) slammed a rule finalized on Nov. 12 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that aims to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas facilities by taxing those that emit high levels of the toxic greenhouse gas. “I look forward to working with my colleagues and President Trump to repeal this misguided tax early in the next Congress,” Sen. Capito said on Tuesday.  Specifically, the EPA’s final... Read More

Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) is about to become the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. Senate, and she hopes to use that clout to tackle issues of interest to West Virginia. Senator Capito also becomes the state’s senior senator with the retirement of Senator Joe Manchin. Senator Capito will now chair the Republican Policy Committee, the fourth highest-ranking leader in the Senate. She will also be chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, which has influence on some energy... Read More

Immigration, taxes and the national debt are at the top of the agenda for Republicans in Congress, according to U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. Capito, who on Wednesday was elected to the No. 4 position on the GOP Senate leadership team, will play a sizable role in shaping the priorities of lawmakers as chair of the Senate GOP Policy Committee. “I will not just be at the leadership table, but I will be leading the Policy Committee, which is the one that really does the deep-dives on all... Read More

Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final Waste Emissions Charge (WEC) regulation as part of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP) under the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act. “The Biden administration is continuing its anti-consumer agenda by implementing the natural gas tax enacted by Democrats in the Inflation... Read More

It was a big day for West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito after it was announced that she would be serving as the next chairwoman of the senate republican policy committee. This now makes her the 4th highest-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate. She joins a long list of senators who will work alongside President-elect Donald Trump during his upcoming term in the White House. Capito wrote on social media that the GOP party now has the responsibility to promote and advance conservative and... Read More

Multiple political figures in the state including U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito are asking the Biden Administration and FEMA to consider an appeal for a major disaster declaration from the storms that came from Hurricane Helene. Manchin and Capito, along with U.S. Representatives Carol Miller and Alex Mooney, sent a letter to Washington D.C. in regard to Governor Jim Justice’s previous requests for a disaster declaration. The request came in an effort to further aid those... Read More

West Virginians should be proud and pleased that our soon-to-be senior U.S. senator, Shelly Moore Capito, is now in the fourth-most-powerful position in the Senate. Besides being a clear leader in the upper chamber of Congress, Capito has a track record of doing not only what is best for the people of the United States, but also safeguarding West Virginia’s interests, especially in regards to the state’s position as a top energy producer. Capito’s reputation explains why she was unchallenged in... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has taken a step up the Republican Senate hierarchy by being elected to chair the Senate Republican Policy Committee by her GOP colleagues. Her new role effectively makes her the fourth-ranking Senate Republican, one step above her current role as vice chairwoman of the same committee — a role she has held for the past two years. Capito was uncontested in her bid to become Policy Committee chairwoman. “With President Trump back in the White House and a... Read More

The Republicans are taking the majority in the U.S. Senate next year, with U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito moving up to the fourth most powerful position in the Senate GOP majority caucus. Republican members of the U.S. Senate met Wednesday to vote on their new leadership team that will take the reins of the Senate majority after sweeping last week’s elections. The current Democratic Senate majority lost four seats and Republicans picked up four seats, giving the GOP a 53-47 majority in the... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is now the No. 4 Republican in the U.S. Senate. Capito, who was previously the No. 5 Senate Republican, won an uncontested race Wednesday as GOP senators voted to choose their next leadership team. She will now serve as Senate GOP Policy Committee chair. “With me leading the policy issues and all of us working together, we’re going to have a united voice,” Capito said during a press conference. The Senate created Democratic and Republican Policy Committees in... Read More

U.S. Senator Senator Shelley Moore Capito was elected Wednesday to the fourth highest leadership position in GOP-controlled Senate. Capito is the new chair of the Republican Policy Committee. South Dakota Senator John Thune was elected majority leader while Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton will serve as conference chair; Oklahoma Senator James Lankford, will serve as the vice chair of the conference; and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, will serve as the senatorial committee chair. “Congratulations... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was unanimously elected Wednesday by acclamation to serve as the Chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee (RPC). For the last two years, Capito has served as the Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference. “I am grateful to my colleagues for electing me to serve on the Senate Republican leadership team as the next Chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee,”Capito said. “With President Trump back in the White House and a... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) won an uncontested race Wednesday to become the No. 4 Senate Republican, keeping her hold on a post in GOP leadership. Capito served the previous two years as the No. 5 Senate Republican and was vice chair of the Senate GOP Policy Committee. She will now be chair of the committee. The Policy Committee chair is tasked with organizing the weekly Tuesday policy lunches for members, which are a staple of every in-session workweek.  She will replace Sen. Joni... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has moved up the leadership ladder in the Senate. On Wednesday, Capito was elected chair of the Republican Policy Committee, the No. 4 spot on the party’s leadership team. Republican senators also elected their new majority leader, John Thune of South Dakota. He succeeds Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Capito will become chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee. That committee authorizes road and bridge and water and wastewater infrastructure... Read More