Shelley Moore Capito

I would commit to you that if there are reasons to be in West Virginia, I will gladly come to West Virginia.

I said Secretary Regan is the type of person I would like to see leading a Federal agency.

Certainty is something that we have all asked for, and that would be the predictability of a lengthy bill, 5 or 6 year bill, which I think provides the certainty that many folks talked about.

I think if you close your eyes and didn't know who was asking the questions or from what party that person might be from, I think you see that there is a solidarity of interest and a grand desire to really get something done together in…

One size fits all doesn't work for Denver, it won't work for Maryland, it might not work for West Virginia, and so the flexibility built into the program is really critical.

It is also about more than just building our infrastructure. This bill can facilitate a recovery from the pandemic that has devastated our communities and wreaked havoc on our communities and our economy.

I was really encouraged by the conversation that we had last week, or I guess 2 weeks ago now, with President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary Buttigieg on the importance of what we are talking about today.

I think the meeting signified a commitment by the Administration to see that this bill becomes a reality, as this is one of my top priorities as our Ranking Member.

The strong bipartisan support that exists for a surface transportation reauthorization bill... should not extend to a multi-trillion dollar package...

I think those are examples of where you are creating jobs and getting an environmental outcome at the same time.

I think I have a good leg to stand on in this, because I live there, have seen it.

Let's not--I will make a deal with you.

In West Virginia we say coal keeps the lights on, which it does, but it also powers a lot of vehicles, and it employs a lot of people.

I think that we have used the EDA actually really well in West Virginia most recently on a lot of different infrastructure development and job training and development.

If we disenfranchise a lot of the power sources that we can make cleaner in the process, I am talking natural gas and coal, that now provides our baseline fuel, I mean our baseline power here in this country, we are going to stick the plug…

I think that is very aspirational. I saw where the President said he wants all thorough vehicles to be electric.

I would hope that the transparency pledge would follow through on that, if you reach decisions, who is making that decision and how it was determined.

Thank you again for your service to this Committee. I know you will do great work over on Energy.

It's time to turn the page and begin new administration.

The transition to Biden should begin.

I am very pleased to join my colleague from Iowa to highlight the need to responsibly reopen America and our economy as we continue to fight this COVID pandemic.

I want to thank my colleague Senator Tim Scott from South Carolina. I am going to talk a little bit about our visit later, but our visit was really tremendous in West Virginia.

In my opening statement I remarked on how much economic impact a national park designation would have

The bill that I put in actually uses the language that was brought forward by Congress that says, 'shall allow hunting' but it only calls for a redesignation to a National Park.

This year I heard from a growing chorus of the constituents, local government officials and other West Virginia organizations and businesses who support redesignation which prompted my introduction of S. 3534.