{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-capito-discusses-us-fws-office-in-elkins-wv-improving-agency-coordination", "VIDEO: Capito Discusses U.S. FWS Office in Elkins, WV, Improving Agency Coordination", "2023-12-06", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WV", "Shelley Moore Capito", "C001047", "www.capito.senate.gov", "capito", "https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito\u2019s questions.\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee,participated in a full committee hearing titled, \u201cIIJA Investments in Habitat and Ecosystem Restoration, Pollinators, and Wildlife Crossings.\u201d\n\nHIGHLIGHTS:\n\nON NEED TO STREAMLINE PROJECT GRANT, CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES: \u201cI mentioned this in my opening statement on the application projects and actually getting the projects out, not just out the door but out the door and fully constructed. What are you doing to streamline that...and then is the accountability on the back end in terms of how long it's taken? Were you able to do the project that you said you were going to do? All of that. I'm sure you do that sort of accountability as the projects are finishing?\u201d\n\nON IMPROVING STAFFING, EFFICIENCY OF FWS\u2019 ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA OFFICE: \u201cI have one final question for Director Williams. And we've talked a lot about the Elkins field office in West Virginia. But it\u2019s my understanding that they had a detailee from the U.S. Forest Service. Your staff that indicated that this has been very helpful in managing the backlog of Section 7 consultations. But that the process to execute the memorandum of understanding to secure a detailee can be very lengthy and complex. And I was wondering if you had any recommendations as to how those processes could be expedited?\u201d\n\nClick HERE to watch Ranking Member Capito\u2019s questions.\n\nClick HERE to watch Ranking Member Capito\u2019s opening statement.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-capito-discusses-us-fws-office-in-elkins-wv-improving-agency-coordination"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8548521436750889, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}