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Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has teamed up with Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., in support of a bill to protect rural hospitals. Capito and Miller, along with Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Alex Padilla, D-Calif., are backing the Preserving Emergency Access in Key Sites Act, or PEAKS Act. The legislation would ensure Critical Access Hospitals in mountainous areas receive fair compensation for ambulatory services and would modify distance requirements. “We’re excited about making sure... Read More

We have long questioned the federal policies that harm health care in West Virginia by imposing guidelines that are more suited for urban areas. That’s why the efforts of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and U.S. Rep. Carol Miller should be applauded, and why their fellow lawmakers should support the PEAKS Act. The Preserving Emergency Access in Key Sites Act is a vital step toward recognizing the geographic and logistical realities of life in rural Appalachia. This bipartisan legislation would... Read More

Sens. Jim Justice and Shelley Moore Capito, both R-W.Va., are backing a bill that would prevent state and local governments from placing limits on energy projects. Justice and Capito, along with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., have jointly introduced the Energy Choice Act. The bill would “prohibit states and local governments from prohibiting or limiting the connection, reconnection, modification, installation, transportation, distribution, or expansion of an energy service based on the type or... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) on Tuesday, May 27, traveled to Huntington and Hurricane, where she participated in an economic development event and toured a manufacturing business.  Capito visited Eagle Research in Hurricane, where she toured the facility and met with the company’s leadership. Eagle Research is a female-owned manufacturing business that sells gas flow monitoring and control devices to companies and public utilities in the natural gas industry.  “It was great to... Read More

Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) is urging the Trump administration to stay engaged in United Nations talks to craft a global plastics treaty. “You now have the opportunity to reassert American leadership and credibility by leading negotiations to achieve agreement on a treaty that aligns with our domestic legal frameworks and with the Trump Administration’s manufacturing agenda,” Capito wrote in a recent letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “Without... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, visited Charleston, West Virginia, to focus on healthcare facilities in the area. Senator Capito first toured the updated intensive care unit (ICU) at the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC). During her visit, she met with CAMC leadership to discuss the improvements and the health system's impact on West Virginia. "CAMC and Vandalia Health System provide tremendous care to West Virginians. I was excited to tour... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) visited the Hubbard Hospice House in Charleston Wednesday to see her congressionally directed spending in action. The senator got an exclusive tour of the renovations being made, including a new roof, HVAC system and a fresh paving job on the facility’s parking lot.  The construction project is supported by Capito’s 2024 congressional directed spending, also known as an earmark, which she said is a necessary investment for the welfare of West... Read More

The community of Westmoreland has been working toward building a new fire station for more than two decades. Now, thanks to federal funding, that goal is becoming a reality. Westmoreland community members, city of Huntington officials, and United States Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) met Monday to dedicate the future home of the new Westmoreland fire station.  Sen. Capito, in a joint effort with former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), secured $4.2 million in federal funding to turn the... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., traveled to Huntington and Hurricane Tuesday where she participated in an economic development event and toured a manufacturing business. Capito delivered remarks at the Westmoreland Fire Station Site Dedication event in Huntington. Originally built in 1926, the new Westmoreland Fire Department was funded by a Congressionally Directed Spending request Capito secured, which was critical in helping address space for living for the firefighters and proper... Read More

A West Virginia lawmaker led the successful push Thursday in the U.S. Senate to block California’s electric vehicle mandate, a rule that could have impacted a third of the country. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., speaking to West Virginia reporters during her weekly media briefing, said the U.S. Senate on Thursday passed her joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to repeal California’s EV mandate. Had that rule been allowed to stand, it would have mandated... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is continuing discussions on President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request. Tuesday was Capito’s first hearing in her new role as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. During the hearing, Capito addressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., praising the changes he has made to the department so far. Capito also applauded RFK Jr.’s decision to return NIOSH staff... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito urged Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the cabinet secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to consider keeping National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health whole in his federal budget proposal. Kennedy presented his budget proposal Tuesday morning for fiscal year 2026 beginning Oct. 1 to the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Capito, R-W.Va., chairs the... Read More

Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) have reintroduced the bipartisan CHANGE Act, a bill designed to improve early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The legislation is also backed in the House by Representatives Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), Darren LaHood (R-Ill.), Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), and Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.). The CHANGE Act, short for Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End, would use Medicare’s initial and annual wellness... Read More

Senator Shelley Moore Capito led a hearing to examine financial priorities for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with several lines of questioning relating to West Virginia issues. The opening remarks by Capito addressed working with Congress as Kennedy leads a structural reorganization, the importance of ongoing Alzheimer’s research, funding levels for grants aimed at assuaging the opioid crisis and the mission of the National Institute of... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is continuing discussions on President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request. Tuesday was Capito’s first hearing in her new role as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. During the hearing, Capito addressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., praising the changes he has made to the department so far. Capito also applauded RFK Jr.’s decision to return NIOSH staff... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. won’t be on the ballot until next year, but she has already secured the president’s endorsement for re-election.  President Donald Trump issued a statement on his Truth Social media platform Friday praising West Virginia’s senior senator and saying she has his “Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election — SHE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!” “Senator Shelley Moore is doing a tremendous job representing the Wonderful People of West Virginia, a State I love and WON... Read More

Ahead of her likely bid for reelection in 2026, President Donald Trump has already endorsed Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV).  In a post on Truth Social on Friday, President Donald Trump said that Capito “is doing a tremendous job representing the Wonderful People of West Virginia, a State I love and WON BIG in 2016, 2020, and 2024!” Capito, who has been a Republican representing West Virginia in the U.S. Senate since 2015, won her Senate elections by large margins in 2014 and 2020. She was not... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is applauding the return of nearly 100 workers to a federal office in West Virginia that supports the state’s coal industry. Workers at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health office in Morgantown were impacted by a reduction in force order issued earlier this spring by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The office provides critical health safety programs for coal miners, including black lung screening... Read More

A significant part of the workforce at the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health will return to work permanently, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Tuesday.  Capito, R-W.Va., made the announcement on X, formerly Twitter, that the employees would be called back. “As Chairman of the (Labor-HHS) Subcommittee, I was proud to advocate for the critical work that’s done at NIOSH in Morgantown, W.Va. My understanding from (Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.)... Read More

About half of the employees who were laid off from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) facility in Morgantown are expected to have their jobs restored, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) said in a statement Tuesday.  Capito, who has been in communication with U.S. Department of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. since the initial layoffs in April, said that “over 100 Morgantown employees will be returning to the job permanently.” Since the first round of layoffs... Read More