Inside West Virginia Politics

‘We’re giving it the old college try’ Sen. Capito discusses President Biden’s infrastructure billIn Segment 1, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) is the Republican lead for President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill and how they are trying to aim for bipartisanship on the bill.“We’re giving it the old college try,” said Sen. Capito.While Biden wants to spend $2.3 trillion on the bill, Republicans, including Capito, want to spend $568 million. Capito says the infrastructure bill should only include roads, bridges, water, airports, rails and broadband. While Biden agrees with this, he’s also added several social infrastructures such as Medicaid, home health, building schools and homes.Capito discusses Reta Mays sentencing and $300M from infrastructure billIn Segment 2, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) discusses the Reta Mays sentencing and how the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Clarksburg failed the victims and their families.Capito also discusses the $300 million West Virginia will receive as