Earlier this week, Trump paused funding on two of his predecessor’s signature legislative achievements: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito was involved in negotiating the infrastructure law. She said there is some concern about how the order might affect projects in West Virginia.
“We are definitely monitoring this on a day-by-day basis, because some of the language is a little vague and so we’re making sure that we’re getting the details down, because we are concerned about whether our highway projects could keep moving forward, Corridor H and others,” she said on Thursday.
Capito said the pause will last for 90 days. Any funding that’s already obligated to states won’t be in jeopardy, but she added that other funding could be clawed back.
Corridor H especially is a high priority for Capito, former U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and his successor, U.S. Sen. Jim Justice.