senator capito was right in the middle of it. all extensive negotiations, one-on-one negotiations with the president of the united states leaving the groundwork for what we are there to do. weather now we begin working on the highway portion of this law, we saw input from a variety of stakeholders including some in this room. and the time it was clear to me, they're bipartisan legislation, there would be a vehicle through which we have many important objectives. infrastructure programs could help us reduce emissions from our transportation sector. that is a sector that accounts for nearly 30% of emissions nationwide. there are major sources of greenhouse gas emission in this country. one, mobile sources. the second is our power plants. and the third is manufacturing. consumer plants, steel mills, that sort of. think those are the three major. sources this big deal of transportation sector, building bridges. big deal. as we take on the climate crisis. new programs could also improve the resilience of our transportation system, and

senator capito's talk about west virginia. the great state of alaska, we are resource rich but infrastructure poorest state. we are 120 times bigger than connecticut and we have fewer road miles. think about that. and we have resources, minerals, oil, gas, so many things that can power the whole country. but they are hard to get to, and unfortunately, there's a lot of radical groups from the lower 48 that trying to prevent alaskans from building anything. and what i want to do is talk about the continuous topic of permitting reform. a lot of us worked hard to get some good permitting provisions in this infrastructure bill. i voted for the bill, it wasn't perfect. but in part because of the permitting provisions, we need more of them, but it was a good start, so here was my astonishment and some of you might have shared it with me, that the biden administration, which touted the bill as important for the economy, and workers, then issued a regulation in april of this past year from their ceq group in the white house. a rule to

with that i'm delighted to yield the floor to senator capito. mrs. capito: mr. president.he presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. president. i thank my chairman of the environment and public works committee for his great statement but also his great work through the year. he did mention several of the bipartisan wins that we have, many of them have been unanimous through the committee because we all know you can't get -- we know you can't get everything you want. you got to give a little to get a little. so i salute him and our staffs for being able to work that out. but today i want to also briefly talk for a few minutes about the bipartisan water resources development act of 2022. the cha irman described it. it's kind of nice to get up here and talk about something that's already passed so we don't really have to be persuasive. we're just reminding members of how important this is in their districts and across their states. i'm grateful to my colleagues for the support of this legislation and i'm pleased that it's now on the way t

chairman henrique member capito and members of the committee. thank you for providing the american road and transportation builders association an opportunity to take part in this timely discussion. in 2015 then memphis, tennessee mayor ac whorton called thete interchange at interstate 55 and crump avenue malfunction junction interstate transportation official referred to the area as the worst interstate that we have in the state of tennessee. fast forward to 2022a 141 million-dollar project broke ground this summer to enhance safety and mobility for individuals in the affected region. the i 55 crump interchange is one of the 29000 infrastructure improvements moving forward in every congressional district this year with highway and bridgege formula funds providedy the infrastructure investment and jobs act or bipartisan infrastructure law. the u.s. department of transportation has released another 192 discretionary grants with more 2022 awards on the way. each project has a unique story of need and solution, they are all tangible illustrations o

klobuchar: let's start with senator warner and will go to senator cruz and senator capito. sen. warner: i want to acknowledge what y'all have indicated, that some of this seems pretty simple, but i can tell you in the bipartisan group, and it was a broad bipartisan group, it was 20 plus senators who met literally for weeks on end, and as senator mcconnell said, there is enormous complexity in this. we did spend a lot of time trying to get it right. i really appreciate you and ranking member blunt not inking that you had to reinvent the wheel the way some committees would. i think that approach, i'm grateful to both of you. i would echo what senator blunt said, i think the hearing you had was really helpful. there were a lot of witnesses that had technical changes that were extraordinarily important. so i think we have come to a very good product. the only compromise is not getting all you want. i want to point out two things for my colleagues that i hope we can revisit at some point. one is, some will clearly fall within the jurisdiction of this committee. i've not pitched senat

senator capito and shaheen and portman and manchin all worked with me and our committee on opioid and dependents issues. -- and dependency issues. we were working real progress. i think the pandemic set that back. but it shouldn't stop us from moving forward. senator coons founded with me the law enforcement caucus. we've worked every time it came up to expand -- and the victims of child abuse act, volunteer community efforts. the other retiring members i'd want to mention that i worked with as well. senator leahy and senator shelby, both on the appropriations committee and the rules committee. you know, on the appropriations committee, i got to see the last of senator inouye and senator cochran still at their best, barbara mikulski, people who didn't have to have a perfect result to have a result, and it was wonderful to get to watch them work. senator inhofe obviously totally focused on what it takes to defend the country. he was here for his remarks, his farewell speech, the other day, and pointed out that he'd found somebody that he didn't agree with on hardly anything -- barbara

how about shelly moore capito from west virginia. in an op-ed, thumping the lectern about the inflation reduction act, quote, americans understand pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy and raising taxes will certainly not reduce inflation. how about todd young from indiana. quote, about the border, this is a national security crisis, we must strengthen our border security. how about mitt romney from utah, told mayorkas he needed to secure the border and urged him to keep title 42 in place and just worked against the whole effort today by the junior senator from utah. things are upside down and we're spending money we don't have, causing inflation and republicans go out and campaign against it and then they do it. and my democratic colleagues have never once had an honest conversation on the floor of this house about what we're going to do about inflation. what we're going to do about spending money we don't have. racking up debt. when i came to congress as a staffer on the senate judiciary committee, our national d

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nancy pelosi is the true villain who bundled capito security and that is a reaso for the attack on the capitol. you know, it is just a complet counter narrative. there was a senator, a senat committee that did investigate security failures, and they di not find that nancy pelosi was to blame for security failures in the least this is the type of thing that we are going to hear for the next year or so. republicans, when they tak over, they are planning to investigate the investigators. i asked chairman thompson ho he felt about that, nd he felt like that was a distraction an nobody should even worry about it he feels like their work stands, and they put out this nearly 850-page report, they ar putting out all of their transcripts. they think that they are being very transparent and they think that thei evidence is very, very strong. they think that they have an impact in both weakening trump and convincing much of the public they credit themselves wit that if jim jordan, and jim banks want to go through their transcripts and criticize them they say that you are welcom to do it, we stand

capito: thank you, madam president. i ask permission to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. capito: thank you, madam president. this is an exciting evening for senator cantwell and i. she just recently spoke very movingly about something that just passed overwhelmingly in the u.s. house, and that's the bipartisan equal pay for equal team usa act. we call it equal pay for equal play. i want to thank her for her leadership. she has been spectacular and dedication that she has shown for this legislation. i really think this is such a great, not just message but a vision for the future of where we see and how we respect our women athletes as we respect our male athletes. in addition, i'd like to thank senator cantwell, senators lummis and cloan for their partnership -- and klobuchar for their partnership. i thank our house colleagues who advocated for this bill on the house side and spoke eloquently this evening. very briefly, i think what we saw, this dominating success of the united states women's soccer team really shed the light

capito: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, today i rise to really honor a seventh generation west virginian, a lifelong wheely native, a devoted husband, father, grandfather and public servant, my very good friend, congressman david mckinley. david and i have known each other for a very long time. he and mary, his wife, have been steadfast, have extended steadfast love and friendship to my entire family, but in particular to my parents during some good times and bad, and those friendships extended for many, many years and never wavered. from when david was a delegate in the west virginia statehouse to when he chaired the west virginia republican party to later when he became my colleague and our colleagues in the united states house of representatives, we worked together a lot. you know, david got a slot on the energy and commerce committee during his very first year in washington. i had already been there ten years and still hadn't made it to the energy and commerce committee, so i was a little bit jealous of david

run-of-the-mill -- trump supporters who would not normally hav been entering the capitol or even entering the capitorounds. these are normal america people who believe in trump. and what trump represents. >> and that they saw, this i where some of this chaotic, an some is strategic. they saw they would need tha wider show of force. and those people who might b unarmed or dress for a norma day -- would certainly be harder fo the capitol police to deal wit if it was all -- >> i mean, there's a big difference between having -- and having 50,000 people at th capitol. when you're in a crowd, whethe you're a football fan wore - whatever it is, in the protest people get caught up in crowds and do things they subsequentl would not normally do. and subsequently, especially i this case, they are regretting and the very hard to control once you're in a crowd - you have to know how crowd gonna move you don't know how it's gonn react to the police presence you don't know how the polic are gonna react. so, crowds are very dangerous. >> because you've got so directly with the committee, i'm curious about somethin

joining me now is capito police officer harry dunn. also the author of a new memoir, standing my ground a capitol police officer's fight for accountability and goo trouble. harry, my friend, thank you fo coming back to the show. your testimony helped open the january six committee's public hearings way back in the summe of 2021. you have since become a fixtur in the audience at the publi hearings that followed now that it is over, what ar your general reflections of th committee's work over the last year and a half? >> hey, katie, good to tal with you again i am at this moment where i am a little perplexed about wha to expect, now we have always been waiting fo the january six committee to announce the next meeting, the next referral. but, now that it is over it is like now we are just waiting o the justice department to do their job. but, you also have now that th justice department does no need the referrals from th january six committee to bring forth charges. so, while i really appreciat the january six committee' work for painting

. >> so to that, point trump promised pardons to capito rioters if use reelected i wonder if you makef when you make of the revelation tha trump asked pat cipollone fo blanket pardons for people involved in the capitol attack >> that was a pretty startling revelation as well, johnny mackenzie, who had been a body man at the white house at on point, at that point in time was pretty close to th president, in charge o personnel at the white house he testified about hearing tha trump had flooded blanket pa putt pardons for people. four people have been involved in nonviolent actions of the capitol on january 6th, in the white house pretty quickly sho that down. and it tracks with other reporting that we've heard for the white house that time, and reporting that was seen in the last two years or so at the same time, this is part of the january 6th committee's -- what's happening to the data >> i know a lot of the intrigu is in the details. i wonder if someone who's gone through this page by page, wha else to talk to you? >> what stands out to me i some of the interesting little advances we

especially want to thank chairman defazio and chair napolitano and chair carper and ranking member capito for their leadership and work on this vital, very commonsense legislation. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i appreciate their doing. so i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from alabama reserves. the gentleman from washington state is recognized. mr. smith: i'm now pleased to yield one minute though gentlewoman from virginia, the vice chair of the armed services committee, ms. laura. -- lohria. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. loria: this is a historic investment in our defense. i will say that it makes a strong step forward in our important priorities within the pacific for some of our most challenging arias of the world. the investments in the pacific, the continuing assistance to ukraine and as well as making advances in shipbuilding and preventing the decommissioning of some ships and platforms that remain relevant in this very challenging time. but i will always say we can and should continue to d

mail and senator capito and senator manchin have worked with me to pass important bills on scheduling fentanyl and analogues to make sure it's illegal. i've been engaged on the substance abuse issue for 25 years. i started a group in hog that has become a model of prevention coalition. enacted the drug-free communities act that has helped spur the establishment of about 2,000 coalitions around the country. i worked on that with senator chuck grassley when i was in the house. in fact, chuck took me to iowa with him to set up an antidrug coalition there that was almost as interesting as going to the iowa state fair when i was trade representative. senator shaheen and i have worked over the years on policy issues and energy efficiencies. we introduced our first energy efficiency bill in 2007. helped to reduce energy bills for families and businesses and reduce emissions by simply using less energy. and i thank my college classmate senator hoeven for his leadership on our energy efficiency bill and his all-of-the-above energy approach and mostly for helping me improve my spanish by adding

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west virginia senator shelley moore capito says people are buying fentanyl with just a click of a mouse capital along with senator amy klobuchar are urging the white house to increase investigations of fentanyl trafficking online. the cdc says in 2021 the u.s. had more than 70,000 fentanyl related deaths. senator capital believes many of those deaths were the result of drugs bought on the dark web. >> there's a lot going on, i think on the internet, in the public space that i think we could use to be disrupted there. but also the international trafficking that comes through china into mexico. >> there's also a push in congress to make the overdose drug. naloxone available over the counter. a terrifying attack by a coyote on a 2 year-old girl in los angeles. this all happened right in front of her home with her father just feet away. and the very next day the coyote was back. john fenoglio talk to the girls. parents and has this story. >> a terrifying attack unfolding in a matter of seconds. a coyote grabs a toddler in broad daylight in woodland hills. ariel who had just picked up his 2

. >> west virginia senator shelley moore capito and senator amy klobuchar are of been working on this and a twenty-twenty. one study found that more than 28,000 listings for opioid products posted an anonymous online marketplaces for your help tonight, cases of the flu are surging across the u.s.. but in southern california, cases are, quote, off the charts. la county public health director barbara ferrer says the flu positivity rate has hit 25% that infection rate is the highest officials have seen for this time of year in 4 years. there are a few things that you can do to keep yourself healthy and safe, though. >> good hygiene, good hand washing and the use of mask. okay. which we know that have worked very effectively. but we have vaccines that could prevent influenza not only for children, but also in adults right at the same time we have vaccines that can protect against covid. >> it's not too late to get a seasonal flu shot. officials say that you should get one if you haven't gotten one. the cdc estimates there have been 78,000 flu hospitalizations and 4500 deaths across the co

administration to beef up cyber investigations of fentanyl trafficking, a west virginia senator shelley moore capitosays people are buying fentanyl with just a click of the mouse. a computer along with senator amy klobuchar urging the white house to increase investigations of fentanyl trafficking online. the cdc says in 2021 the u.s. had more than 70,000 fentanyl related deaths. compare believes many of those deaths were the result of drugs bought on the dark web. >> there's a lot going on, i think on the internet, in the public space that i think we could use to be disrupted there. but also the international trafficking that comes through china into mexico. >> there's also a push in congress to make the overdose drug naloxone available over the counter. >> here at home, california lawmakers will convene for the new legislative session kron four's state capitol reporter. 8 on wallace says more on the freshman members from both sides of the aisle already making history. >> turns out this will be the most diverse california legislature ever. and it's all thanks to dozens of new members who will soon b

. >> virginia senator shelley moore capito says people are buying fentanyl with just the click of a mouses a killer capital along with senator amy klobuchar are are now urging the biden administration to increase investigations of fentanyl trafficking online. we see it coming through the southern border. >> we don't know how the there be. it's being trafficked. >> the cdc says in 2021 the u.s. had more than 70,000 fentanyl related deaths. capitol believes many of those deaths were the result of drugs being bought on the dark web. a there's a lot going on, i think on the internet, in the public space that i think we could use to be disrupted there. >> but also the international trafficking that comes through china into mexico. wisconsin senator tammy baldwin says she's also working to fight drug overdoses by pushing the biden administration to make the emergency remedy. naloxone available over the counter. we know that when you increase access to the safe and effective treatment. >> that you save lives. but fda administrator robert k love says the push needs to come from manufacturers, but

shelley moore capito has a permitting improvement bill.chin has one of his own and democrats wants it. there are parts of his that republicans don't like. a number of my colleagues pointed out that john barrasso in particular, under his bill you'll have red states paying for transmission lines going into blue states and the red states don't get to use the energy going through their state. that's not going to sell. you're not going to have republicans vote for that unless you hold a gun to our head. so, again, there's a way to get things done in the senate and washington and by democrat colleagues who have gotten used to this idea that they have the house, the senate, the white house they're going to have to recognize we have to work together. >> earlier you said for the next two decades, fossil fuels are going to dominate our energy supply. you also talked about, you know, innovation, global innovation needs to change the climate change problem. so are you saying that now there is not a solution, a viable solution that is on the table in t

shelley moore capito has a permitting improvement bill.his own and democrats wants it. there are parts of his that republicans don't like. a number of my colleagues pointed out that john barrasso in particular, under his bill you'll have red states paying for transmission lines going into blue states and the red states don't get to use the energy going through their state. that's not going to sell. you're not going to have republicans vote for that unless you hold a gun to our head. so, again, there's a way to get things done in the senate and washington and by democrat colleagues who have gotten used to this idea that they have the house, the senate, the white house they're going to have to recognize we have to work together. >> earlier you said for the next two decades, fossil fuels are going to dominate our energy supply. you also talked about, you know, innovation, global innovation needs to change the climate change problem. so are you saying that now there is not a solution, a viable solution that is on the table in the immediate fut

and that's to , i guess, further support prosecutionstedo related to the january 6th attack on the capito l. is this seems like a political targeting slush fund.e fi >> i mean, you're looking at these figures. well, i haven't been ablebut wh to read the whole bill .he fbi what do they do that the fbi think about everything we're learning now that the fbi spenet twitter or facebook at google,fo why would we increase anokywhatw funding there until we can have our church style hearings to loohek at the fbi, to reform the fbi? we're getting more information l every day. wh y would we blindly fund them when we're looking over all hav through the year? balawouldn't we have a check and balance here? why couldn't we bring themre? why ? can we why couldn't we look at the intel committee that signed that letter and haveitte some subpoenas go forward where we have more information forwh the american taxpayer? ere weto know where their money is being spent and how accountable they are? yeah, this is so this is so upsetting to anyone to try wh it's like a doom scrollg for to try to read this thing,f w

like to give a special second to the senate committee on environment and public works chairman and capitoor the leadership from some of our nation's most important issues. on behalf of the city of new york taken for the opportunity to provide testimony here today. i'm here for 10 million american households i connect to water through lead pipes and service lines in the children, toddlers and teenagers and 400,000 schools who are at risk of exposing to lead in their water many live in places similar to new york in cities public water pipes that were installed in the mid 20th century. with estimated lifespan of 75 - 100 years. we are rapidly approaching those expiration dates, today we could be thing for the president biden, vice president harris, a country congressional leaders and chairwoman duckworth to her entire bipartisanship to drinking water and wastewater infrastructure act in the bipartisan infrastructure deal. this bill is essential tool to provide safe drinking water to everyone in america and is essential to addressing the financial devastation of covid-19 that has the long-sta

senator capito. >> thank you mr. chairman and witnesses for being here today.ave a big interest in recycling, we had hearings on recycling in more general terms, not just focused on plastic, and we see some other industries have been very successful in recycling. for many years, i will use a paper industry is the example event. -- as the example of that. the senate recycling cochairs, we are members of that, we also have two recycling bills. shout out to the house and i will ask them to try to get those moved. some people would say that recycling is kind of a myth, and sort of a scam. i guess i would like to hear what your response is to that, mr. seaholm. in terms of one of the comments that i heard, to stop the productions of plastic, you look around, i'm sure this sweater probably has some, certainly this has -- you can't even look anywhere without seeing plastic somewhere. is there a movement in your business to even consider this? let's talk recycling first and then manufacturing. >> thank you senator. recycling is not a myth. nor is it phony. i think mr.

leading this effort as well as other working group members, senator portman, romney, shaheen, murphy, capito, young, coons and sasse. this is how the senate should operate. our working group made several additional useful recommendations as part of the presidential transition improvement act and enhance election security and protection act. this legislation will strengthen presidential transition, improve the u.s. postal services handling of election mail, stiffen criminal penalties for those who intimidate election officials and reauthorize the election assistance commission. the election assistance commission helps administer grants to state that provides the best practices for election officials in various areas, including cybersecurity, election audits and voting accessibility. i'm pleased that the senate rules committee promptly held a hearing on our legislative proposal and that our legislation has been endorsed by a broad and diverse coalition of public interest groups. in particular, i want to thank chair klobuchar and ranking member blunt for making this proposal earlier this year a

white house people, lamenting, in realtime, as the see a democracy falling apar in this attack on the capito by the president they ar supposed to be serving. so, thought that was a revealing window, and after that, started on pat cipollone's but it got about halfway through and here we are. so, sorry i haven't read all of them yet >> let's give you a break. a lot came through. neil, hope hicks was just one of many tha when we got the report las night, we saw this was his fault, he caused this, we knew this would happen, and at th end of the day the report wa saying, the central cause of this insurrection was a single person, donald trump. that wil go down in the history books but, did they find enoug supporting evidence for jack smith to use in a criminal investigation? >> i think they did, staff. the report did something which i hadn't eve focused on, which was th timing. what it did wa basically say, look, there was a first phase. trump gives a speech at the ellipse, he' telling the crowd, let's tak back our country from an election stolen. you have to fight like hell. when you catc someon

capito: thank you, mr. president. reserving the right to object, i rise today to speak on the nomination of richard revesz to serve as administrator of the office office of information and regulatory affairs at the office of management and budget. mr. revezs has expressed support for the clean power plan by the obama administration. it was designed to shut down the coal industry by shifting power generation away from reliable energy sources. the regulation was part of the obama administration's war on coal. that war devastated many communities in my state of west virginia. this year the supreme court held it was unlawful in the landmark case west virginia vz -- v. epa. mr. revesz submitted an amicus brief. mr. revesz's well documented approach to regulation including his support for the clean power plan demonstrates he is not the right person to get the administration's policies on a reasonable track. therefore, i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: t

especially want to thank chairman defazio and chair napolitano and chair carper and ranking member capito for their leadership and work on this vital, very commonsense legislation. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i appreciate their doing. so i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from alabama reserves. the gentleman from washington state is recognized. mr. smith: i'm now pleased to yield one minute though gentlewoman from virginia, the vice chair of the armed services committee, ms. laura. -- lohria. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. loria: this is a historic investment in our defense. i will say that it makes a strong step forward in our important priorities within the pacific for some of our most challenging arias of the world. the investments in the pacific, the continuing assistance to ukraine and as well as making advances in shipbuilding and preventing the decommissioning of some ships and platforms that remain relevant in this very challenging time. but i will always say we can and should continue to d

i thank senators capito and cantwell for introducing this important legislation. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on equal pay for team u.s.a. act. it's truly appropriate that when talking about strong and impressive women, i stand here to deliver tribute to a dear friend of mine, congresswoman elaine luria. we entered congress as the first two women from the naval academy to serve in the house. and she has been a constant and resolute champion of all things of the united states navy. i have been proud to serve with her and will miss her in my time in congress. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from something seek recognition -- south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. on monday, the supreme court issued a hold -- to keep title 42 border control policy alive. this follows litigation by 19 states

senator capito and shaheen and portman and manchin all worked with me and our committee on opioid and dependents issues. -- and dependency issues. we were working real progress. i think the pandemic set that back. but it shouldn't stop us from moving forward. senator coons founded with me the law enforcement caucus. we've worked every time it came up to expand -- and the victims of child abuse act, volunteer community efforts. the other retiring members i'd want to mention that i worked with as well. senator leahy and senator shelby, both on the appropriations committee and the rules committee. you know, on the appropriations committee, i got to see the last of senator inouye and senator cochran still at their best, barbara mikulski, people who didn't have to have a perfect result to have a result, and it was wonderful to get to watch them work. senator inhofe obviously totally focused on what it takes to defend the country. he was here for his remarks, his farewell speech, the other day, and pointed out that he'd found somebody that he didn't agree with on hardly anything -- barbara