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Shelley Moore Capito

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Shelley Moore Capito is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia since January 2015. A member of the Republican Party, she is the first woman to represent West Virginia in the U.S. Senate. Prior to her Senate career, Capito served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015, representing West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Throughout her political career, she has focused on issues such as economic development, infrastructure, and healthcare.

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Apr 9, 2024

I think we are moving in a great direction in West Virginia, very excited about the potential for that project in our home State.

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Apr 9, 2024

What is the Army's plan to increase funding for these types of soldier-driven innovation programs?

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Apr 9, 2024

The United States' commitment to Israel's security is ironclad.

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Apr 9, 2024

What steps are you and the President taking to establish a stronger, more credible deterrence against these threats from our adversaries, besides just 'don't'?

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Apr 9, 2024

I don't think the solution to the border issue, and to bringing these astronomical numbers down is to just keep adding more people to process more people because that obviously is not going to have the desired result.

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Apr 9, 2024

I think you told me last time that the--I did ask about how many trucks were being interdicted, I mean, inspected, and you noted that 70 percent, but you didn't give me an exact figure at that time.

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Apr 8, 2024

I am proud of these programs, and have supported them through the appropriations process.

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Apr 8, 2024

I think we are moving in a great direction in West Virginia, very excited about the potential for that project in our home State.

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Apr 8, 2024

I think that technology has changed that much we are going to have to adjust with the times.

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Apr 8, 2024

I have been a big supporter of soldier-led innovations through the Army DEVCOM's Pathfinder Program, and the Accelerating Force Program.

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Apr 8, 2024

The United States' commitment to Israel's security is ironclad.

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Apr 8, 2024

We will continue to provide Israel with the necessary capabilities to defend itself against threats and adversaries, including Hamas.

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Apr 8, 2024

I am concerned that we are significantly eroding our deterrence by setting these sorts of ambiguous boundaries.

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Nov 8, 2023

I do not think saying, keeping an open border is going to help our economic situation.

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Nov 8, 2023

I would suggest, too, more pay, and better retention bonuses to be able to keep the people that you have.

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Nov 7, 2023

We are trying, I think, to offer the administration substantive policy changes that will bring these numbers down.

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Nov 7, 2023

I have been on a bill for many, many years with Senator Booker to try to get more professional, more young people interested in professional water management.

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Nov 1, 2023

Despite the resources we provided in the IIJA, the EPA has not granted Class VI primacy to any State under this Administration.

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Nov 1, 2023

I want to thank our witnesses and our Committee for its strong bipartisan work to reduce emissions and make our infrastructure more resilient.

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Nov 1, 2023

Despite the resources we provided in the IIJA, the EPA has not granted Class VI primacy to any State under this Administration.

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Nov 1, 2023

Legislation such as the USE IT Act, reducing barriers to the deployment of carbon capture, the AIM Act, directing a phasedown of heat trapping HFCs, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, supporting carbon free nuclear…

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Nov 1, 2023

I want to thank our witnesses and our Committee for its strong bipartisan work to reduce emissions and make our infrastructure more resilient.

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Nov 1, 2023

Several provisions of the IIJA are especially relevant to today's topic.

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Oct 31, 2023

Here is what I am concerned about, and I think a lot, when you see the 200 from the terrorist list.

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Oct 31, 2023

With all due respect, it is not working.

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