WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: To watch Senator Capito's questioning, click here or the image above. Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, questioned U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Hon. Frank Kendall, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin, and U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman on the U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $2,115,394 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for the Welch Gas Cooperative Association. The funding will support a pipeline construction project that will replace 0  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) applauded the Senate passage of the bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) joint employer rule, which forces liability on companies for another business' employees even if they do not directly oversee them. Senators Manchin and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) introduced the CRA resolution in November   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement after the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved a 25 percent retention pay incentive for all staff in good standing at West Virginia's Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Hazelton. The retention incentive is a direct result of Senator Manchin's continued efforts to improve conditi  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, spoke on the Senate Floor on his support of the bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) Joint Resolution of Disapproval to nullify a November 2023 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) rule. The rule imposes greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance measures on state departments of transportation (  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced the U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific Act (USTLIPA) along with Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Don Beyer (D-VA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), and Ami Bera (D-CA). The U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific Act will reassert Congress's authority over trade to combat China's growing economic influence in the Indo-Pacific t  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here for Ranking Member Capito's floor remarks prior to today's vote on Senator Cramer's resolution of disapproval. Today, the U.S. Senate passed a measure co-sponsored by Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and sponsored by Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of EPW's Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, to ov  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening remarks at a March 21, 2024, confirmation hearing for David Rosner, Lindsay S. See and Judy W. Chang to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: * * * The Committee will come to order. We meet today to consider three pending nominations for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The three nominees are: * Judy Chang; * David  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening remarks at a hearing on March 12, 2024, entitled "Examine the Findings and Recommendations of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission": * * * The committee will come to order. This morning we're going to be discussing the findings and recommendations that recently came out of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here to watch Senator Capito's floor speech. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor reiterating the need for Senate Democrats to conduct a full impeachment trial for U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secret  more