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No more holdups on permitting
If we’re successful, we’ll get more West Virginians working, lower energy costs for consumers, and make our great state a destination for future investment and growth.
Capito: America can and should lead a nuclear energy future
Let’s take advantage of this momentum now with good, bipartisan policy so we can look back and say today’s efforts positioned America as the undisputed global nuclear energy leader for the 21st century.
Capito: Biden’s “middle class squeeze” is hurting West Virginia
In reality, families in West Virginia and across our nation continue to struggle because the policies and priorities of the Biden administration have made essential items and goods unaffordable. Whether it be gas, goods and services, energy prices, utility costs, small business expenses, home mortgages, or simply the ability to put food on the table, American families are squeezed at every turn.
Capitalizing on a (properly implemented) bipartisan infrastructure law
WASHINGTON – Last fall, Congress passed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that made record investments to address, upgrade, and expand our nation’s core infrastructure.
Biden rollback of permitting reform is making his own energy goals impossible
Now it is time to come together and reform the environmental review and permitting process to support an all-of-the-above approach to American energy — including oil, gas, coal, nuclear, renewables, and critical minerals.
It’s time to unleash American energy independence
Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) says the Biden administration's energy policies led to record-high gas prices.
Capito: Raskin Should not be confirmed to Fed
WASHINGTON – Many West Virginians suffered greatly — and unfairly — from a regulatory and cultural war on coal over the last 15 years. However, despite this war on coal, West Virginians have done as we always done and displayed a tremendous amount of resiliency.
Sen. Capito wants you to share your broadband story
In order to meet the broadband needs of West Virginia and achieve our goal, I need to hear from you.
Don't forget the opioid epidemic as we battle COVID-19 pandemic
Between April 2020 and April 2021, drugs – mostly synthetic opioids such as fentanyl – took the lives of more than 100,000 of our sons and daughters, loved ones and neighbors, community members and friends.
Getting from 'H'ere to there
Working with President Trump, Governor Justice, and their administrations, I will continue striving to maximize federal highway dollars to West Virginia to improve our roads and bridges and finish Corridor H.
In blocking reform, Democrats offer Americans no justice
Police officers play a critical role in protecting our physical security and securing our civil rights. West Virginians know that the overwhelming majority of people in law enforcement – our city police officers, county sheriff’s deputies, state troopers, personnel at the Clarksburg FBI Center, and many others – take seriously their responsibility to serve and protect everyone in our community.
Gorsuch is the right choice for U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – Few individuals over the last century have impacted the American legal discourse as profoundly as the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
Capito: U.S. energy policy needs to be updated
WASHINGTON – When United States Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz visited West Virginia on Monday, he got a first-hand look at our state’s role in America’s energy revolution.
Congress achieves historic reform of broken environmental law
WASHINGTON – Regulatory reform has been a widely discussed solution in Washington to cut bureaucratic red tape and boost our economy. After years of hard work and negotiations, the passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act marks the first time in more than a quarter of a century that Congress has sent reform of a major environmental law to the president's desk.
Build the state's economy from the ground up
WASHINGTON – West Virginia’s economy is facing difficult times.
Capito: U.S. Senate has a challenging fall ahead
WASHINGTON – The Senate is back in session after the August work period.
Making a map for better cyber access
WASHINGTON – Kelly Surveying, a small business with offices throughout West Virginia, has been providing engineering, surveying and inspection services throughout West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania for 20 years.
EPA's Clean Power Plan needs work
WASHINGTON – With America’s economy still in the midst of challenging economic times, the last thing job creators need is more burdensome Environmental Protection Agency regulations to stifle growth and opportunity.
An update from the U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON – Last week, we surpassed the 100-day mark in the new Senate.
Making Washington work for W.Va.
Editor's Note: This column is an excerpt from Capito's maiden speech as a United States Senator. It was delivered March 10.