WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the below statement on the national security and border package: "The current situation at our southern border is chaos. I've seen it firsthand, and I hear about it from West Virginians back home consistently. Make no mistake: this catastrophe is entirely of President Biden's making  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: 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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will narrow its final particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) from 12 to 9 micrograms per cubic meter, a level that would be unattainable for many areas acros  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined her colleagues, U.S. Senators Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), in leading a bipartisan resolution marking February 7th as "National Girls & Women in Sports Day." This resolution not only commemorates the remarkable accomplishments of girls and women in sports, but also underscores the need for bro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of EPW's Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, led introduction of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to overturn the Biden administration's illegal emissions performance measure being imposed on state   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $12,368,832 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for 28 West Virginia housing authorities. The funding will bolster community-based efforts to address homelessness by helping connect vulnerable individuals and families with critical supportive services. "Every West Virginian deserves a ro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced a bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) Joint Resolution of Disapproval to nullify a November 2023 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) rule that imposes greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance measures on state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan planning organization  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)'s determination that imports of tin mill products from China, Canada and Germany do not sufficiently harm the domestic steel industry. The ITC also voted to terminate the investigation for imports from South Korea. In January, the Department of Commerce announced its findings that imports of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of EPW's Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, led introduction of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to overt  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2024: * * * 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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will narrow its final particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS)   more