WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for water and wastewater infrastructure projects across West Virginia. These awards, which were secured through Congressionally Dir  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), held a hearing to review the president's Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Education. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as prepared for delivery: "Good morning. Thank you, Chair Baldwin. And  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued its final National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules that add burdensome requirements, red tape, and unnecessary mandates to the nation's permitting and environmental revi  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here to watch Ranking Member Capito's remarks from today's business meeting. At a business meeting today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee voted to advance the nomination of Christopher Hanson to serve another term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) voted in favor of NRC Chairman Hanson's nomination, citing comm  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: At a business meeting today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee voted to advance the nomination of Christopher Hanson to serve another term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) voted in favor of NRC Chairman Hanson's nomination, citing comm  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: **To watch Senator Capito's questioning, click here or on the image above.** Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD), questioned U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman during a hearing to review the pres  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that the Monongahela Power Company will receive $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to rebuild more than 23 miles of power-distribution lines in Pocahontas, Braxton and Clay Counties, and to connect a two-mile tie line with the Petersburg Substation. This project will help to  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) attended an event this past weekend honoring West Virginia law enforcement officers in Logan, West Virginia. Congresswoman Miller joined families and fellow community members at the Back the Badge Police Appreciation Rally to honor the work of police officers and the late West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard. "Unfortunately, we live in a time when upholding   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) questioned Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a Ways and Means Committee hearing on Energy Tax Credit guidance that sends U.S. tax dollars to Chinese entities and why the Biden Administration wants to raise taxes on everyday Americans. Congresswoman Miller began by expressing her concerns over how the Biden's Administration's actions continue to   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on May 1, 2024: * * * Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Program Office (LPO) affirming that critical minerals mining and extraction projects are eligible for the Department's Tit  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined by Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) applauded the unanimous passage of H.R. 1042, a bill to ban Russian ur  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: **To watch Senator Capito's opening statement, click here or on the image above.** **To watch Senator Capito's questions for Secretary Cardona, click here.** 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), questioned U.S. Department of Education (Educ  more