Shelley Moore Capito

The New River Gorge serves as a great source of pride for my State of West Virginia and is a driver for our state's tourism industry.

I want to thank your staffs as well for including S. 3534, the New River Gorge National Park Designation Act, in today's proceedings.

I would encourage that because, again, I think it is a bit of a duck-and-cover.

Congress has got to do something about this.

I am very proud of your accomplishments in an industry that does not have many women.

This is a bipartisan Act that I worked with Senator Coons on.

I look forward to working with you on this issue.

I have introduced legislation to do just that.

Thank you for working to enact the Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act that we passed here in the Congress.

I urge its defeat. It would establish the $75 million new regulatory program with no budget offset.

Members of this Committee have heard compelling testimony and received letters from industry that there is simply not enough time to fully engineer and certify.

The industry has already met the Step 1 standards, which, according to the Obama's EPA figures, achieved the vast majority--an estimated 90 percent or more--of the emissions reductions anticipated as part of the two-step regulation.

I just want to urge support for S. 1857 to provide regulatory relief to the wood and pellet stove heater and forced air furnace industry.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank the Chairman for his willingness to work with me in developing this legislation.

I want the assurance that locations that are currently eligible and may become eligible through the challenge process are adequately funded by a formula that's adopted that takes topography into consideration.

We are climbing out of that. Our unemployment rate is near its lowest since 2008; our growth rate is tracking the national average.

I have talked about our growing economy in West Virginia and being led by our energy sector.

I personally believe they should have that right, he assured me that they do have that right

Well, it seems to be just in the general sense if we're going to figure out how to move forward internationally on privacy, there are so many conflicts

I'm curious to know on that aspect in terms of the EU obviously wanting to diversify their energy mix.

Trade agreements have not been traditionally very helpful to our small State

So, not getting there first, or at least close to first, it's not that--it doesn't mean that we won't get there. It means that we might be locked out of any other--some economic expansions that maybe another country might be able to market…

I created the Rural Broadband Caucus as my goal, and you've been very helpful, many of your organizations.

I do think this is a--it's a repeating theme with a lot of us that we keep talking about it, and we're still not getting there. So, I'm a bit frustrated by that.

How will the development of 5G solve these three major issues in the rural areas?