CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced $1,119,876.81 for the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC). This funding, which is through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will be used to reimburse costs accrued in response   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a $133,865 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to West Virginia University (WVU) to study safer and more efficient ways of dealing with wastewater in small and rural communities  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 11 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,119,876 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC). The funding will be used to reimburse costs accrued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Our frontline workers have gone above  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 11 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $13,888,775 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen healthcare services across West Virginia. The funding will specifically be used to support three local health centers, bolster statewide maternal and child healthcare services and advance critical  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 11 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $397,264 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the West Side Volunteer Fire Fighters in St. Albans. The funding is made possible through the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program and will help   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following testimony by Katheryn Emery, director of the Division of Water and Waste Management at West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, involving a hearing on March 15, 2023, entitled "Implementing IIJA: Perspectives on The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act." The IIJA is the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. * * * Good morning and thank you, Chairman Carper, Ranking Member C  more