By David Beard, The Dominion Post
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito held one of her regular virtual conversations with members of the West Virginia press at the end of last week, covering such issues as inflation and permitting reform.
“This week has really highlighted what I see is one of the grave concerns that I get from West Virginians, which is all these price hikes,” she said. “Any time you get a raise in this country, it’s wiped out by inflation.” Inflation is at 13%, with food, home energy and pretty much everything else costing more.
“Yet we see the president spend, spend, spend,” she said, which feeds inflation. She hopes he addresses that in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday.
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