i yield to senator capito. there's been some confusion, i think you addressed it in your opening statement. delighted you have. some confusion about guidance document that the federal highway administration issued a month, couple months ago. maybe back in december. just for further clarification, does the memo tie the hands of states or prevent states from selecting projects to fund using their federal highway formula dollars, including adding highway capacity if they choose to do so? secretary buttigieg: no, it doesn't. senator carper: second, can you tell us anymore about why the department has encouraged states to consider prioritizing projects to address safety, to address road and bridge construction and emissions, why? secretary buttigieg: we view these as commonsense and long-standing policy goals. goals that we share with so many of the state transportation leaders we speak to. under the law and as we seek to implement it, of course states decide what projects to build with their federal formula funds.

chairman, and ranking member capito. i have a saying, mr. secretary, if you like it, you call in from of carper capital cardin and kramer. we will get it put together. but anyway, thank you. i do want to dig in on the federalism point levit and the memorandum because he did create not just some confusion but concern by people out there who are going wait a minute, we were told that these smart people simplified the process, and yet we're getting this sort of complicated language. and i think with regard to the exact language that we excluded specifically excluded from the build to see it turn up in even a memorandum or guidance as opposed to specific regulation, it almost appears design to create some of the confusion. i hope that's not the case but that's how it was taken. when i listened to you describe to senator capito, i guess explained why it appears, send me a levit like you were arguing against the spirit of the law by using the letter of the law. and that adds, again that adds confusion because we are very specific and want to get s

senator capito, you are exactly right. so for the 2016 to 2018 compliance years, the fourth circuit court of appeals vacated and remanded eps's decision to deny hardship relief to orgon west virginia. ergon runs about 23,000 barrels a day. truly one of the smallest refineries in the country. the court summarily rejected eps's decision because they did not consider ergon's specific case, its location, how it distributes its fuels, the fact that 70% of its then production was diesel and it remanded to epa. epa then took another shot at ergon and again deny ergon's petition even though it had been vacated and remanded by the court and determined that ergon was ineligible. the second time, the fourth circuit vacated epa's decision again. this time finding that epa had been arbitrary and capricious and treating ergon differently than any other small refinery. now, this is the third attempt to prevent ergon west virginia to receiving hardship relief. tensionally, what epa is proposing to do is ergon and every other small refiner

and ranking member capito and fellow committee members. we will get throughthe renewable fuel standard and as we look around , at all the visible e measurable signs of the global time and climate change we need to adopt cleaner forms of energy and end our dependence on carbonemitting fossil fuels . it's plain to see and i believe we have an incredible opportunity to reduce emissions electrifying our cars and trucks. investments we've made in infrastructure and jobs act as well as the ones we want to make and buildback better or important steps . but there is no doubt that sustainable liquid fuels are going to play an important role in four years to come as we strive to tackle the challenge of global climate chaos. not all of these solutions are going to start with the federal government. we're going to see state innovate and we need to learn from them. this is something we've recognized back home in oregon as your after year we confront fiercer wildfires, devastating our forests, historic droughts, devastating our ranching and farming comm

senator capito, now that you're back, i'm curious what struck you most about what you saw and what you heard while you were in the region. >> well, a couple of things, garrett. thanks for having me on. first of all, this is an unjust war where putin is killing and bombing innocent people and children. third and not necessarily in this order but nato is strong and nato is together and probably in a much more powerful position to have a united position than probably since world war ii. and also that the united states is doing so much but poland is incredible, as a partner, as a military and as a humanitarian partner. we went to refugee centers, saw those families, it's heart breaking. >> talk to me more about the refugee crisis. the reporting has been so excellent but i feel like we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg about how bad the situation might get there. what did you see at these refugee centers? are we in the west and u.s. prepared for what might be a very long-term effort to support these people? >> what we're seeing is on the polish border at this refugee center, we saw prob

capito. mr. scott. ms. lummis. ms. cantwell. dominate will be reported out of the committee. turn to senator wicker for a motion for. >> madam chair i move we end 15 toy the nomination of the district of columbia to be assistant secretary of commerce and director general of the united states and foreign commercial service. the nomination of virginia big assistant secretary of government affairs of transportation. grantee harris of california to the assistant secretary for industry analysis department of commerce. in 1540 the nomination of new york to be assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere the nomination of christopher of georgia to be assistant secretary of transportation. and the nomination of maryland the under secretary of for standards and technology and the nomination of to be assistant secretary of transportation of aviation be favorably reported. is there a second's. all of those in favor say i. all opposed note. the motion is agreed to. that concludes the vote i want to thank up. >> madam chair. >> i will recognize any members who wishing to spea

reporter: senator shelley capito says statements like that mean political change. >> we can be energyndependent. the american people know what that means. so i think even though these forces are very, very strong the american general public citizen is much, much stronger than any political force that can be mustered by either environmentalists or others that want to keep everything in the ground. reporter: so far oil prices, gas prices russia weaponizing energy, it hasn't changed the policies out of this white house. liz? elizabeth: great reporting as always, liz? edward lawrence, good to see you my friend. joining us house budget ranking committee, congressman jason smith and former cke restaurant chief an did i puzder. great to have both of you on. thanks for spending time with us. no nation has ever spent or taxed their way to prosperity. biden got v-shaped recovery with trump. he is wrecking it with tax hikes, ruining energy boom. he could be the worst one-term president we ever had. congressman, we're living through history. also the pandemic and now this. >> it is ridiculous, he

virginia senator shelley moore capito says the government needs the $0.18 per gallon collected from the gas tax to gasoline tax dollars or what maintain make our highways safe. brandon arnold with the national taxpayers union agrees a gas tax holiday is not the right solution. he says the best way to drive down prices is more domestic production. we need to bring additional supply our mind. we need more production of gasoline. >> if we're going to lower costs, but the white house says the administration isn't stopping companies from producing more oriole. a 9,000 unused permits. they have the. >> the capacity they need. even so white house press secretary jen psaki says president biden remains open to the idea of suspending the gas tax reporting in washington. reshad hudson. >> coming up on kron, 4 news at 8 lawmakers in washington have okayed the violence against women act. >> how the increase in funding will help survivors of abuse. a brazen robbery in the east bay. police say someone used a tractor with a forklift to try to steal an atm from a bank. plus, a father's reaction to winni

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i asked senator shelley moore capito today if americans should be concerned about make lahr warfare.oncerned. we've got to be strong here. we have to be willing to stand up to terrorists, war criminals. and so threats on his side, we mow he has the weapons -- know he has the weapons. it's threatening to everybody -- [inaudible] >> reporter: and, paul, the u.n. has said even in the early days of the crisis that it could see those numbers escalate up to 4 million refugees. paul? paul: thank you, appreciate it. well, as russia's brutal bombardment of ukraine's cities continues, calls are growing for an international humanitarian airlift. let's bring in john hannah, senior fellow at the jewish institute for national security of america and former national security adviser to vice president dick cheney. john, welcome. good to see you. >> hi, paul. paul: so let's talk about this airlift idea. you wrote about it this week with doug fife in my newspaper. so why is this better than some of those humanitarian corridors that are now the way for people to get out of these cities? why do we need

west virginia senator shelley moore capito says will she shares that concern? thinks the biden administration's energy policies are bigger problem. this is been building since the day the president went to office when he cut the pipeline. democrats largely blamed the war in ukraine for the price hike. but house speaker nancy pelosi also says companies aren't taking advantage of existing opportunities to boost production if they want to drill, they have places use it. >> we lose it. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell rejects that claim. >> the administration that campaigned on ending fossil feels now climbs the fossil fuel companies are just les about. you don't want to drill. >> baldwin says as the u.s. looks for alternative energy sources, it should consider bio fuels. >> we have enough capital access capacity to really almost match. but the russian imports of oil reporting in washington reshad hudson. >> for money right now, you may soon have to pay higher interest rates on your credit card and mortgage loans. that's because the federal reserve raised i

west virginia senator shelley moore capito calls it a political move that actually won't help at theump. >> well, i think that, again, that this is a band-aid approach by the administration so they can say they're doing something. >> president biden says this is step one and a two-part plan. the longer term solution is to speed up the country, shift to sustainable green energy reporting in washington. rashad hudson, back to you. we'll take a look now at local gas prices as people burlingame paying nearly $6 for a gallon of regular. >> according to aaa, the average cost of gas in california is $5 and $0.89 drivers that we've got a chance to speak with, say that they're hopeful that these prices won't last much longer >> there have been high. not crazy concerns. interesting. they seem to have just hopped out right around 6 and stay there. so i'm hopeful they'll come back down. a little uncertainty is like if it does drop, how far will a drop like will we ever go back to those lower prices are just like the new normal. >> triple a says over the past month, the cost of gas in the bay are

across the ocean keeps skyrocketing meet the mother-and-daughter team trying to stay afloat >>> a capito >>> a capitol insurrection guilty verdict federal prosecutors have their first conviction on charges related to the january 6th attack on the capitol. a jury found guy reffitt guilty. on all five charges against him. prosecutors accused reffitt of lighting the match that started the fire, as they put it, on january the 6th.h that started s they put it on january 6th a witness testifie a witness testified that he and reffitt were both part of a far right militia group called the 3 percenters he said reffitt went to the capitol armed with a handgun and zip ties jurors convicted him on five felonies including a gun charge and obstructing of an official proceeding and of witness tampering for threatening his two teenage children if they reported him.s fbi and warned them about his reffitt's son testified. he called the fbi and warned them about his father's plans before january 6th then after the riot he recorded his father bragging about participating in the insurrection reffitt's lawyer

west virginia senator shelley moore capito says it's an important benefit for americans still recovering from the pandemic. these tax credits can help with. >> child care issues or issues, things of that nature that we're seeing parents struggle with particularly post-pandemic. casey stresses that to get the available funds. families need to file their 2021. taxes reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> in congress lowering the price of lifesaving drugs is a big focus of the new legislation that says a lot of americans are struggling, too, be able to afford their medicine. a bill and is being introduced to cap out pocket prescription costs for seniors on medicare. a different bill would cap the price of insulin at $35 and their support for allowing medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs. democrats are hoping this whole issue will gain traction with republicans. >> it is unconscionable. that our country would allow our seniors to go without the medication they need to live healthy lives. >> because of how called capping prices may not be where the consensus is, but som

west virginia senator shelley moore capito says it's an important benefit for americans still recoveringe pandemic. these tax credits can help with. >> child care issues or issues, things of that nature that we're seeing parents struggle with particularly post-pandemic. casey stresses that to get the available funds. families need to file their 2021. taxes reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> state lawmakers are backing a bill that would allow parents to sue social media companies if their children become addicted to their apps. the social media platform duty to children act well, hold companies legally accountable for features designed to be addictive, such as like buttons, an endless scrolling tech companies could face civil penalties of up to $25,000 per child. the bipartisan bill will soon go to the california assembly and could be on the governor's desk by september. people in danger of you. vic shuns could have 3 more months of protections. california's rental assistance protection expires on march 31st. but lawmakers introduced a bill that could extend that deadline until

capito: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: mr. president, thank you for recognizing me. i wanted to talk today about gas prices. the people in west virginia woke up this morning and according to aaa, the average gas price in west virginia is $4.12 per gallon. some parts of the country are paying more. probably the part of your country, mr. president, paying more than $5 or even more than $6 per gallon of regular gas. just up the street here in washington, d.c. at the gas station close to the senate office buildings, it's $5.19 per gallon. we have surpassed the highest recorded average of gas prices ever. and that is quite alarming. unfortunately this has been all too predictable given the biden administration's domestic energy policy actions. on day one of this presidency, president biden managed to immediately kill thousands of union jobs and paralyze america's industry -- energy industry with the executive orders that killed the keystone xl pipeline. at peak capacity, this pipeline would have delivered 830,000 barrels of oil per

west virginia senator shelley moore capito says the government needs the $0.18 per gallon collected fromrnold with the national taxpayers union agrees a gas tax holiday is not the right solution. he says the best way to drive down prices is more domestic production. we need to bring additional supply our mind. we need more production of gasoline. >> if we're going to lower costs, but the white house says the administration isn't stopping companies from producing more oriole. a 9,009 use permits. they have the. >> the capacity they need. even so white house press secretary jen psaki says president biden remains open to the idea of suspending the gas tax reporting in washington. reshad hudson and speaking of gas prices, uber is going to start charging more because of rising gas prices. >> you have to pay about 45 to $0.55 surcharge for rides in about 35 to $0.45 surcharge for uber eats deliveries. now the starts wednesday. march. 16th, the fee depends on where you live. uber says that all of the money will directly go into workers. pockets. the surcharges will be in effect for at least 60

senator shelley moore capito joins me now. west virginia natural resource state.vernment is in your way exploiting those resources and doing it deliberately? >> absolutely. the government is definitely in the way of energy production in west virginia on the call side and the natural gas side. we can't get a major mvp pipeline and that's a major issue. and the government's effort to stop the production of fossil fuels has hurt west virginia. interesting europe wants our call and they know that baseload energy is what we have. stuart: the green block in the democrat party so strong they can keep on stopping getting at our own resources when we've got such an obvious shortage, are they that strong? >> i think the american public is waking up, a high price of gasoline, the high price of heating your home and we are ready to go into summer and a high cost of air conditioning and we see what is going on in europe and the weakness some of the nations in europe are feeling because of the reliance on russia and so we know we can be energy independent. even though these for

i also want to thank republican senators cornyn, collins, capito, portman, cramer, tillis, moran, burr and blunt for supporting this vital bill at introduction. the negotiations were, at times, my colleagues will recognize this, very tough, and there were several doubts along the way as to whether the bill would actually ever happen. but with a little bit of tenacity and good faith negotiating, we got there. to those that work every day around this great country to help domestic violence survivors, including our law enforcement officers, who are answering those domestic violence calls, thank you. while working at a victim shelter, answering the hotline in college, i heard the heartbreaking stories of abuse. i understand this is your daily reality. please know your work is not going unnoticed and is making a difference in the lives of those around you. to all of the advocates, i greatly appreciate and respect your passion for the causes you support. your persistence made this bill possible and it made this bill better. while the end result isn't perfect, it modernizes the resources nece

capito: thank you, mr. president. i'd like to thank my fellow senator, senator ernst, from iowa, for leading the delegation trip that we took this past weekend, the bipartisan delegation. it was most informative and impactful and she did a wonderful job leading that and i was proud of the efforts. i'm here to join my colleagues today to discussion the unjust and immoral invasion of ukraine by vladimir putin in light of the trip we took. i'm hesitant to do so not because there isn't a lot to say or words to share, but of some of the words that some ukrainians implored us. enough talking, it's time to act. and i could not agree more. but out of deep respect for them, i'd like to take a moment to make sure we all understand why we have to act and why we must act now. as americans, and you realize this when you talk -- we did certainly when we were talking to germans and other europeans, we don't have the same perspective sometimes that europeans have that faced world war ii. one of the most powerful comments conveyed whe

senator capito and i are working. we have legislation, health care for hallways to move forward, to really aggressively address what we need for our children's schools. so could you speak to the importance and benefits of reaching children in school based settings like the school based health clinics? and how can we use them to expand what we need to do in behavioral heg? >> senator, thank you for that question and your leadership on this issue for all your work to support and get health centers in communities across the country. look, one general principle in health care that i believe applies here as well is that you're better off if you bring care to people where they are. our kids are in school. the better we're able to bring care to schools through counselors, school nurses, school psychologists, the more easily we're going to be able to identify mental health struggles early and get kids the care they need. that's why the investments that were made through the american rescue plan to give billions of dollars to

west virginia senator shelley moore capito says it's an important benefit for americans still recoveringe that we're seeing parents struggle with particularly post-pandemic. casey stresses that to get the available funds. families need to file their 2021. taxes reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> still ahead kron 4 morning news, the oscars are almost here. we'll show you a preview of the big night from the red carpet next. fantastic things start to happen when you step aboard a princess cruise. doors open up for you, your favorite drinks start finding you, and everything seems to be just how you like it. how does it all happen? it's no secret. it's our job to discover what makes you feel special. yes, you! and you. and you too. making sure you feel taken care of. that's what a princess cruise is all about. get the princess treatment with up to 40% off cruises to alaska. i've been making yogurt that is less sweet get the princess treatment and high in protein since 2005. now we're doing the same for plant based. still rich and creamy. plant-based siggi's: more protein and less su

. >> steve: western senator shelley moore capito join us now.aw were in the processing center where mothers and children, young children. we met a young mother from ukraine. she talked about her 6 and 8-year-old and how the constant air raid sirens were frightening them so much. she left her husband and her home. it is already powerful to see. 6000 meals served in that one facility every single day. it's got to stop. >> ainsley: what about the children? did you see any orphans? it breaks our heart when we talk about that. we heard some stories about little girls, little boys losing both parents. >> sure, i'm sure there were orphans in the building. there were lot of children there. there were volunteers there in rooms letting the kids dress up and do make-believe. that was very refreshing to see. then you go to the next room and everybody getting on a train or bus to go somewhere else away from their loved one. it's very impactful. very sad. i tell you what, the polish people have stepped up like nobody's business. they're coming to these proces

ron capito from black rock success -- looks at the inflation looks at gas prices and says this for theirst time this generation is going to go into a store around not be able to get what they want. we have a very entitled generation that has never had to sacrifice. all true but there is sacrifice and there is unnecessary sacrifice if the president would just let us do the things that would allow our allies who are making big sacrifices to get our natural gas, and to get our oil. we could move in a direction the promise would drop the price like the promise of releasing a million gallons of gas a day did drop the gas a bit. in terms of everyday items people can definitely feel it. >> steve: sure, bloomberg hished a couple of economists to take a look at what it is going to cost your family. it's not just any family. it's the average family. and the economists, an driewb huz buy and anna wong, they say that the average american family will pay $433 more a month because of inflation. that totals up to your -- if you have an average family, additional $5,200 this year. so, in other words,