
During the confirmation hearing for EPA administrator-nominee Lee Zeldin, a heartwarming gesture took place as Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse presented a special gift to new Chairwoman Shelley Moore Capito. Whitehouse offered Capito a gavel made in 1956, with a significant connection to West Virginia.
Whitehouse explained that the gavel was crafted from wood sourced from the Old West Virginia State House by students at McKinley Vocational High School in Wheeling, West Virginia. This unique gift symbolized a bond of camaraderie between the senators.