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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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Mar 10, 2015

The Clean Power Plan could trigger up to 49 gigawatts of generating capacity in jeopardy.

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Mar 9, 2015

The next hearing of this subcommittee will be on Thursday, March 12, at 9:45 in Dirksen 124.

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Mar 9, 2015

I basically posited that it's highly probable that we'll be faced with a flat budget for 2016 and be unable to make some tough decisions ahead of us.

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Mar 9, 2015

Thank you. Since I have you here and the House has changed their rule 13, clause 8, the dynamic scoring rule.

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Mar 9, 2015

What about the question I asked in my opening statement in terms of the large projects, and you mentioned in your opening statement the deterioration of the Capitol Plant in and of itself.

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Mar 9, 2015

It's a magnificent place, and we want to keep it that way, as you do too.

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Mar 9, 2015

I feel honored and privileged to be working here in what is, I always say, the largest symbol of our freedom, the United States Capitol and associated buildings.

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Mar 9, 2015

I wanted to compliment you on the Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.

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Mar 9, 2015

Well, following up on that, if you're collecting more than you've ever collected before, and part of your budget speaks to the digitization of certain items and certain other things in terms of the demands on your budget, what kind of…

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Mar 9, 2015

I think it is a discussion we should have here.

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Mar 9, 2015

I think that's an aspect of the Library of Congress that not many Americans really know about, and I wanted to highlight that because it's an interesting service.

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Mar 9, 2015

I think it is something that we want to make sure we are modernizing to the point where it actually is modern at the time that it concludes.

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Mar 9, 2015

I think the communication is much improved over what it has been, and I think that is something that we need to keep on top of.

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Mar 9, 2015

I want to thank the women and men of the USCP for their commitment to our mission and their support.

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Mar 9, 2015

I think there is nothing more grinding on a taxpayer than to realize improper payments are going in the wrong way, either through fraud, waste, abuse or whatever.

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Mar 9, 2015

I really appreciate the high quality reports the GAO generates and the money savings that have resulted from this.

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Mar 9, 2015

I am going to go for a second round.

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Mar 9, 2015

We always want everything yesterday, too.

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Mar 9, 2015

Did you say you were predicting one million less people?

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Mar 9, 2015

I think you are doing better than the Senate.

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Mar 9, 2015

Since I have you here and the House has changed their rule 13, clause 8, the dynamic scoring rule.

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Mar 9, 2015

I think I have learned a lot and I appreciate you taking the time to be here with us today.

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Mar 9, 2015

If we could broaden the field of people whom we could hire, at least in cases where we have a particular shortage of those skills in U.S. citizens, we think that would help us.

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