WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Votes to Confirm Kelly Loeffler for SBA Administrator WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement after voting to confirm former U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) to lead the Small Business Administration (SBA). Loeffler was confirmed by a vote of 52 to 46. "As a proven job creator, a successful entrepreneur, and champion for   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Votes to Confirm Lutnick for Commerce Secretary WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement after voting to confirm Howard Lutnick to serve as the next Secretary of Commerce: "Improving broadband connectivity, ensuring fair trade for businesses, and making   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito Highlights Consensus on Need for NEPA and Permitting Reform Legislation To watch Chairman Capito's questions, 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 hearing on improving federal environmental review and permitting processes. During  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Chairman Capito Highlights Consensus on Need for NEPA and Permitting Reform Legislation To watch Chairman Capito's questions, 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 hea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito on Permitting Reform: "We have an opportunity to deliver meaningful, bipartisan legislation that addresses these problems." 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 hearing on improving the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Chairman Capito on Permitting Reform: "We have an opportunity to deliver meaningful, bipartisan legislation that addresses these problems." 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 Se  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 12, 2025, hearing entitled "Advancing Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Technologies and Ensuring Effective Implementation of the USE IT Act." USE IT Act is the Utilizing Significant Emissions With Innovative Technologies Act. * * * "I'm excited to start this year with a hearing on a bipartisan topic t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh, manager of U.S. policy and advocacy at Breakthrough Energy, from a Feb. 12, 2025, hearing entitled "Advancing Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Technologies and Ensuring Effective Implementation of the USE IT Act." USE IT Act is the Utilizing Significant Emissions With Innovative Technologies Act. * * * Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, an  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following written testimony by Dan Yates, executive director of the Ground Water Protection Council, from a Feb. 12, 2025, hearing entitled "Advancing Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Technologies and Ensuring Effective Implementation of the USE IT Act." USE IT Act is the Utilizing Significant Emissions With Innovative Technologies Act. * * * Thank you, Madame Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Kevin Connors, assistant director for regulatory compliance and energy policy at the University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center, from a Feb. 12, 2025, hearing entitled "Advancing Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Technologies and Ensuring Effective Implementation of the USE IT Act." USE IT Act is the Utilizing Significant Emissions With Innovative Tech  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Maryland. *** Systems and Methods for Encoding an Image ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- ZOOX, INC., Foster City, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12231674 B2, initially filed Jan. 26, 2023) developed by Philippe Martin Burlina, Rockville, Maryland, and Subhasis Das, San Mateo, California, for "Systems and methods for encoding an image." *** Bilateral Kicking Boards for Non-Swimmers to the E  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Ohio. *** Gas Turbine Fuel Nozzle Having an Inner Air Passage and Plural Outer Fuel Passages ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, Ohio has been assigned a patent (No. US 12228282 B2, initially filed Jan. 10, 2024) developed by ten inventors Michael T. Bucaro, Arvada, Colorado; Ajoy Patra, Bengaluru, India; Pradeep Naik, Bengaluru, India; Perumallu Vukanti, Bengaluru, India; R  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** Methods and Systems of an All Purpose Broadband Network With Publish Subscribe Broker Network ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- ALL PURPOSE NETWORKS, INC., Martinsville, New Jersey has been assigned a patent (No. US 12229027 B2, initially filed July 13, 2022) developed by four inventors Harvey Rubin, New York, New York; James Keith Brewington, Paupack, Pennsylvania; Anil S. Sawkar, Andover,  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** Distributed Propulsion System for Vertical Take Off and Landing Closed Wing Aircraft ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC., Providence, Rhode Island has been assigned a patent (No. US 12227291 B2, initially filed Feb. 14, 2023) developed by three inventors Carlos Alexander Fenny, Fort Worth, Texas; Rohn Lee Olson, Hurst, Texas; and Andrew James Zahasky, North Richland Hills,   more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Virginia. *** System, Method and Apparatus for Reporting Data From a Telematics Device Based on Changes in Heading Data ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- ORBCOMM, INC., New Rochelle Park, New Jersey has been assigned a patent (No. US 12228942 B1, initially filed June 24, 2021) developed by Craig Malone, Lansdowne, Virginia, and Dean Brickerd, Ashburn, Holy See (Vatican City State), for "System, method and ap  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Pipe Fitting ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- MUSTANG SAMPLING, LLC, Ravenswood, West Virginia has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1063006 S1, initially filed Nov. 14, 2022) developed by three inventors Kenneth O. Thompson, Ravenswood, West Virginia; Kevin Warner, The Woodlands, Texas; and William C. Paluch, Jersey Village, Texas, for "Pipe fitting." *** System and Method of Ho  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Riley M. Moore, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2025: * * * West Virginia Delegation Urges President Trump to Approve Disaster Declaration Following Devastating Floods Washington, D.C. - This morning, Congressman Riley M. Moore joined Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Senator Jim Justice, and Congresswoman Carol Miller in sending a letter to President Trump asking him to approve Governor Morrisey's request for a major disaster declaratio  more