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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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May 1, 2023

I think one of the values in this particular exercise is for the soldiers to get ahold of some of the newer technology or the breaking technology so that it's not stuck in this developmental phase and you can actually see what's in a…

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Apr 19, 2023

it is a pleasure to be on the floor today with the chair of our EPW Committee and with my friend from Arkansas, Senator Boozman. I am going to speak again about another example of the bipartisan work of our EPW Committee, where we have had…

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Apr 18, 2023

You are endangering lives. You are endangering, you know, freedoms, just eroding trust.

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Apr 18, 2023

I think we need to look forward here.

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Apr 18, 2023

It is almost like it was a game. You know, it was a--you are in this chat room with--supposedly, with small amounts of people.

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Apr 18, 2023

I think we need to look forward here.

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Apr 18, 2023

You are endangering lives. You are endangering, you know, freedoms, just eroding trust.

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Apr 18, 2023

It is almost like it was a game. You know, it was a--you are in this chat room with--supposedly, with small amounts of people.

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Apr 17, 2023

I think that is important for not just system-wide, but for us to know, and the American public to know, so a transparent process there.

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Apr 17, 2023

It is not a game. You are endangering lives. You are endangering, you know, freedoms, just eroding trust.

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Apr 17, 2023

I think we need to look forward here.

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Mar 29, 2023

the amount that is being seized from year to year goes up.

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Mar 29, 2023

it doesn't seem like they can ever hire up to the number that they've been appropriated for

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Mar 29, 2023

the amount that is being seized from year to year goes up.

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Mar 29, 2023

I think it's reflective of the morale, which I understand is very low.

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Mar 29, 2023

I partially attribute it to the fact that our Border Patrol and our agents and officers are so overwhelmed

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Mar 29, 2023

the amount that is being seized from year to year goes up. So that's good. We're seizing more, but it tells me we know it's getting through

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Mar 29, 2023

I partially attribute it to the fact that our Border Patrol and our agents and officers are so overwhelmed

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Mar 29, 2023

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the joint resolution is considered read the third time. The joint resolution was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

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Mar 29, 2023

it doesn't seem like they can ever hire up to the number that they've been appropriated for

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Mar 29, 2023

I want to thank the chair for presenting his side of the argument. Now I think we are going to hear the other side of the argument on why taking this rule down will pass today--because of the strong opposition to it. Today, we are going to…

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Mar 29, 2023

The situation honestly hasn't improved I don't think at all in our southern border, their northern border. They're pretty much overwhelmed in a lot of cases.

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Mar 29, 2023

So perhaps this regulation might be more aptly named the Headwind Rule, because that is what this will be for American workers and consumers.

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Mar 29, 2023

While being a good neighbor is great, we all want to be good neighbors, the name is a bit of a misnomer.

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Mar 29, 2023

I hope you can get to the levels of which you're appropriated, but I just feel like its law enforcement has an issue overall.

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