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Senator-elect Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., held a meeting with elected Republican leaders in Charleston Dec. 8.

We met together as federal and state leaders to talk about our combined efforts in terms of getting West Virginians getting good paying jobs, Capito said. We talked about what our visions are.

Capito was joined by Republican for the Second District Alex Mooney, Congressman-elect Evan Jenkins, as well as upcoming state leaders in the West Virginia House and Senate.

We're going to be talking about health care, jobs, energy, taxes, business friendly policies to really work for West Virginia, Capito said.

Capito said the delegation plan to meet quarterly and hopefully in different areas of the state to hear statewide concerns.

I'm very humbled by it, it's a great responsibility, Delegate Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, said, who was recently nominated for Speaker of the House. We've had a great number of discussions and are ready to get to work.

Armstead said the leadership teams are discussing the first round of bills they hope to push this upcoming session in January.

Our priority is job creation, Armstead said. Our first wave and round of legislation we want to see passed is putting West Virginians back to work and keeping our children and grandchildren here (in the state).

Armstead said the lawmakers feel confident in the responsibility they have been entrusted with.

We're ready to go to work, he added. The more debate we have, the better legislation we have. We want ideas from all sides. We want all the ideas brought to the table.

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Republican leaders meet in Charleston; discuss upcoming session