WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Chairman Capito Applauds Trump EPA Proposal to End Clean Power Plan 2.0 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to repeal the Biden administrati more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule entitled "Air Plan Approval; West Virginia; 2024 Amendments to West Virginia's Ambient Air Quality Standards." The proposed rule would approve a submission by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to update the state's incorporation by reference of the national ambient air quality standards and related monitoring methods. The update reflects changes to federal standards as codif more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Proposes Repeal of Biden-Harris EPA Regulations for Power Plants, Which, If Finalized, Would Save Americans More than a Billion Dollars a Year * Breaking down barriers to affordable, dependable energy for American families WASHINGTON - Today, alongside U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY-02), U.S. Representatives Troy Balderson (R-OH-1 more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * EPW Favorably Reports Nominees for FHWA, EPA, Army Corps Positions * To watch Chairman Capito's opening statement, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a business meeting to consider the nominations of Sean McMaster to be Administrator of the Feder more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * EPW Favorably Reports Nominees for FHWA, EPA, Army Corps Positions WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a business meeting to consider the nominations of Sean McMaster to be Administrator of the Feder more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice entitled "Two Species Not Warranted for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species." This action announces that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined two species do not currently qualify for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. After a thorough review of available scientific and commercial information, the Service finds it is not  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller Participates in Ways and Means Committee Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) participated in a Ways and Means committee hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The Congresswoman focused her comments on the success of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill in fixing the Democrat-imposed 1099-K $600 reporting threshold a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Senator Justice Introduces the FLOW Act WASHINGTON - Today, Senators Jim Justice and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Financing Lead Out of Water Act, also known as the FLOW Act. This legislation would reduce Americans' exposure to lead used in old water pipes. "There are 20,000 lead lines in West Virginia. There is absolutely no excuse for families to wait on red tape for  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 11 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Florida. *** Methods and Compositions for Genetically Modifying Lymphocytes to Express Polypeptides Comprising the Intracellular Domain of CD79A and CD79B ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- EXUMA BIOTECH CORP., West Palm Beach, Florida has been assigned a patent (No. US 12325728 B2, initially filed April 12, 2022) developed by six inventors Gregory Ian Frost, West Palm Beach, Florida; James Joseph Onuffer, Jr more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 11 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Metatarsal Cut Guide With Parallel Cut Faces ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC., Ponte Vedra, Florida has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1079011 S1, initially filed Feb. 23, 2022) developed by three inventors Adriaan Kuyler, Ponte Vedra, Florida; Robert D. Santrock, Morgantown, West Virginia; and Sean F. Scanlan, Jacksonville, Florida, for "Metatarsal  more ST

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * WICKER, HYDE-SMITH DEMAND AN END TO BIDEN-ERA FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined colleagues in demanding the Federal Emergency Management Agency end Risk Rating 2.0, the Biden-era flood insurance policy that has caused premiums to skyrocket and thousands of homeowners to abandon their policies. Wicker an more PR