Shelley Moore Capito

Last week, I joined Senator Portman and a group of 38 bipartisan Senators to echo support for the Administration to continue efforts to address unfair Chinese trade practices.

I fear that the Biden administration intends to double down on its regulation of the American energy sector while letting China take our place as a global energy leader.

The budget proposal we are discussing today, unfortunately limited in its detail, calls for $14 billion more to be spent on climate across almost every agency.

I do not believe a bipartisan approach to climate regulation is being followed by the EPA so far.

This broadly supported bipartisan bill includes direct pay for 45Q and a 5-year extension of the tax credit.

Can you reaffirm for us today that the White House does not support funneling funding solely through competitive grant programs, but also through the formula program, which gives states much more flexibility on how to prioritize and spend…

I agree with you on the smaller cities. Obviously a state like mine has all small cities and towns...

I support the use of that for right now, but we know there are test cases in the courts and others.

I would like to ask you about the southwest border crisis where FEMA is now in helping to identify and assist in sheltering and processing centers.

FEMA is exceedingly important, and their role in supporting our State and local partners in responding and recovering from a historic number of disasters facing our nation.

FEMA's mission is helping people before, during, and after disasters.

We have a big gap here.

We need to keep the Federal interest focused on providing a connected network of roads and bridges to ensure that all communities and the economy can thrive.

Regulatory certainty and efficiency in the regulatory process has got to be a part of this bill.

Passing a bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization bill continues to be my top priority as the Ranking Member in this Committee.

As the architect of the Clean Power Plan, Ms. McCabe has not shied away from her support for this overreaching policy.

I urge our colleagues to join me in supporting them today.

I strongly support this legislation, but I do oppose the two nominees, Janet McCabe and Brenda Mallory.

I see there is a thread that is gone through this. A lot of different themes, but certainly the reliability and affordability issue is extremely important as we look toward the future.

We need to make sure we are not making it unaffordable to turn on those lights, especially during and after an external challenge to grid reliability.

We need to ensure our energy systems are resilient to the impacts, such as extreme weather storms, wildfires, or cyberattacks.

I don't know how we can get to this aspirational goal of zero emissions in the power sector by 2035.

How do we help make sure that they land on their feet and have a bright future as well as we work to reduce the amount of carbon pollution in our Country and our planet.

Clean energy is not just wind and solar power. It includes nuclear energy, low-carbon natural gas, hydropower, geothermal, battery storage.

Well, in this it does matter. Because there is a great emphasis in this Administration on environmental justice and equity.