Parkersburg News and Sentinel - "Senate Candidates Enter Campaign Home Stretch"
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By Evan Bevins
Capito stopped for lunch with three dozen supporters at Der Dog Haus on Seventh Street in Parkersburg Monday. It was part of her West Virginia Works bus tour that kicked off last week and continued Monday with a visit to DuPont's Washington Works plant in the morning and at Sistersville Tank Works and Marble King in Paden City in the afternoon.
"It's about invigorating supporters," the Republican congresswoman said of the Der Dog Haus lunch. "We try to encourage people to early vote to make sure that they get their voices heard by Election Day."
Capito said Monday that she feels what makes her the best candidate is "a record of experience and practical problem-solving." Her election to the Senate would take it one step closer to a Republican majority, which would, she said, end the obstructionism caused by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
"I can make that difference in the Senate," Capito said. "I can move forward with reining in the EPA, a health care bill that (caused problems) for small business.
As she's visited with businesses on her latest tour, Capito said she's been talking to them about their needs and how government can help or stay out of the way.
"What will get you working again?" she said. "Is it making sure you have a trained workforce, a drug-free workforce?"
One obstacle Capito sees is rising insurance premiums -- an average of 37 percent -- under the Affordable Care Act.
With that expense, "you can't hire, you can't buy a new piece of equipment. You're not going to expand," she said. "That's an uncertainty that comes directly from the president and the Senate."
Capito said she favors repealing the legislation but keeping portions that work, like the prohibition against denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions and allowing children to stay on their parents' insurance longer into adulthood.
Tennant said Capito has voted for such tax breaks six times. Capito's website responds by noting the congresswoman's support of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, which sought to bring repatriated funds back to the U.S. It also touts her support for tax reform to "unlock the hundreds of billions of dollars of capital held by U.S. companies offshore."
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