WASHINGTON, March 4 -- 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statement after the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) directed the NRC staff to publish the proposed rule and draft guidance to establish the draft licensing framework for advanced nuclear reactors, known as the Part 53 rulemaking. "I applaud the  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: 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), joined 31 of her Senate Republican colleagues to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) final worker classification rule. Spe  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Yesterday, 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), joined a group of 16 of her Republican colleagues to send a letter raising serious concerns to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Monica Bertagnolli, M.D. following President   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, are calling on the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider proposed regulations for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new and exis  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.-05), Chair of the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee, wrote to President Biden regarding his plan to flout Senate confirmation requirements in replacing outgoing "climate czar" John Kerry with John Podesta.   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,588,356 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for three research projects at West Virginia University. The funding will support research into a grid-resistant energy ecosystem and the recovery of key macronutrients from wastewater, as well as provide opportunities for students to att  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), applauded the West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) for being selected as the U.S. partner to the nation of Gabon in Central Africa for the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program. "The West Virginia National Guard continues to make our state and country proud, and I'm thrilled they ha  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced a bill to curb the shortage of transportation vehicles in the private market. The Small Business Transportation Investment Act will address the shortage of vehicles available to small businesses that provide transportation services by creating a new program within the General Service Administration's (GSA) Fleet Vehicle Sales Program   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) secured a total of $11,823,000 worth of funding for a variety of projects around West Virginia. Thirteen out of the fifteen Community Project Funding requests Congresswoman Miller submitted passed the House of Representatives, and funding will be available for projects to access once the Senate passes and President Joe Biden signs the Consolidat  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, "Examining Extended Producer Responsibility Policies for Consumer Packaging." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Senator Carper, and good morning to all of you. It's nice to be here this morning. "This Committee's contin  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, "Examining Extended Producer Responsibility Policies for Consumer Packaging." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Senator Carper, and good morning to all  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.-05), Chair of the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee, wrote to President Biden regarding his plan to flout Senate confirmation requirement  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, are calling on the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider prop  more