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  • CHARLESTON — It’s been more than a week since President Joe Biden gave his fourth State of the Union address to the nation, but U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito remains unimpressed. Capito provided comments on Biden’s speech and other issues during an afternoon briefing Thursday with reporters from her offices on Capitol Hill. Capito said Biden’s State of the State was less focused on how to make the country better and more focused on his presumptive Republican opponent – former President Donald... Read More
  • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVDN) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced funding from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for two West Virginia projects.   These awards, which were secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made by Senator Capito, will provide funding to the City of Charleston, W.Va. for a youth employment... Read More
  • SUMMERSVILLE, WV (WOAY) Federal funds from the Department of Labor totaling $750,000 will expand greenhouse production and landscaping workforce training in Summersville. The produce from these greenhouses will be used at Fruits of Labor locations to incorporate fresh West Virginia produce into the organization’s addiction prevention work. Greenhouse production will now run year-round. The funds were awarded to the West Virginia Region 4 Planning and Development Council. It serves Fayette,... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has announced resources from several federal agencies for projects that will bolster health services, economic development, academic research, and outdoor conservation projects across West Virginia. HHS FUNDING: Senator Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced grants... Read More
  • U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito has announced that two local projects will be funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. Senator Capito herself requested these funds. The first project is intended to support a youth employment program in Charleston, while the second aims to enhance a workforce development initiative. The senator found out about these necessary projects from the local community. She is dedicated to helping West Virginia residents secure quality jobs, including youth and those... Read More
  • CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced funding from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for two West Virginia projects. "These awards, which were secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made by Senator Capito, will provide funding to the City of Charleston, W.Va. for a youth employment program... Read More
  • CHARLESTON — It’s been more than a week since President Joe Biden gave his fourth State of the Union address to the nation, but U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito remains unimpressed. Capito provided comments on Biden’s speech and other issues during an afternoon briefing Thursday with reporters from her offices on Capitol Hill. Capito said Biden’s State of the Union was less focused on how to make the country better and more focused on his presumptive Republican opponent — former President Donald... Read More
  • WASHINGTON (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Thursday that she would support a bill banning TikTok. In addition to supporting the divestment of TikTok by its current Chinese owners, ByteDance, Capito said the Biden administration hasn’t done enough to tackle fentanyl precursor shipments from China. A bill passed Wednesday by the U.S. House would require that ByteDance sell TikTok to an approved company without connections to the Chinese state within six months. If that... Read More
  • The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee on March 12 marked up and approved the bipartisan Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 2024, which is cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). S. 3891, which Sen. Capito helped lead with bill sponsor U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), would reauthorize the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for the first time in nearly 20 years, and would make key reforms to modernize EDA’s core programs. “Today, the EPW Committee... Read More
  • WASHINGTON (WV News) — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has announced resources from several federal agencies for projects throughout West Virginia. HHS FUNDING: Senator Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to three West Virginia Health Center... Read More
  • Federal lawmakers and state officials called Wednesday for Congress to approve the Laken Riley Act which would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest illegal aliens who commit theft, burglary, larceny or shoplifting offenses. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, joined a group of 31 of her Senate Republican colleagues, led by U.S. Senators Katie Britt, R-Ala. and Ted Budd, R-N.C., in... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBOY) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito was one of 31 Senate Republicans to introduce the Laken Riley Act Wednesday. The bill is named after the 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student who police say was killed by Jose Antonio Ibarra while she was on her morning jog last month. Ibarra is a Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally but was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case. Riley’s murder has drawn new attention to immigration policy, with conservative groups... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), joined a bipartisan group of 13 of her Senate colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), in a letter to Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Ashish Vazirani. In the letter, the senators urged the acting under secretary to encourage collaboration among the U.S.... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, welcomed West Virginia economic development district leaders to a committee business meeting as the panel voted to advance the Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 2024 by voice vote. Shane Whitehair, the Executive Director of the Region VII Planning and Development Council based in Buckhannon, was among those in attendance. Capito,... Read More
  • U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on March 7 signed on as the lead original cosponsor of bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for the first time in nearly 20 years. “The Economic Development Administration is a critical partner for many of our communities, helping to drive investment, create jobs, and grow local economies across West Virginia,” Sen. Capito said. “It is past time for Congress to reauthorize the EDA.” An agency of the U.S.... Read More
  • Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced Monday she will run to serve as the next chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee (RPC), a post that will be vacated by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who is running to become Senate GOP conference chair. “The Republican Policy Committee plays a critical role as the policy and legislative ideas factory for our conference. I am going to ask for the support of my colleagues to chair the RPC in the next Congress,” she announced on social media. “It is... Read More
  • Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced Monday she will run to serve as the next chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee (RPC), a post that will be vacated by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who is running to become Senate GOP conference chair. “The Republican Policy Committee plays a critical role as the policy and legislative ideas factory for our conference. I am going to ask for the support of my colleagues to chair the RPC in the next Congress,” she announced on social media. “It is... Read More
  • U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., responded Friday to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address. “The State of the Union is a great opportunity for a president to deliver a forward thinking and unifying message about the spirit and promise of America,” Capito said. “Tonight, President Biden delivered a divisive and partisan campaign speech. The American people can see through this and are looking for leaders who are ready to solve problems.” Senator Katie Britt clearly presented... Read More
  • Republicans have accused Joe Biden of trying to “circumvent the law” in replacing presidential climate envoy, John Kerry, with White House senior adviser John Podesta. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member Shelley Moore Capito, sent a letter to the president this week, saying that his decision violated the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. Under that act, special envoy roles, or... Read More
  • WASHINGTON (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she was “concerned” with the message President Joe Biden was expected to present in the annual State of the Union address Thursday. Capito, speaking during her weekly press call Thursday afternoon, said she expected Biden to paint a much rosier and more optimistic portrait of American life compared to reality. “If you look at what the economics are doing — people going to grocery store, filling up their car, trying to buy a home, pay for... Read More