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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced $122,429 in funding for the Maysville Volunteer Fire Company in Maysville.Funding comes through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant program (AFG) and will support the purchase of new safety equipment. FEMA is an agency housed within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which receives its appropriations from the... Read More

WASHINGTON — More than $840,000 worth of grants have been secured to fund projects at airports in West Virginia.Three grants were awarded, each for an airport in Cabell, Marion and Braxton counties. The awards will fund projects that will provide infrastructure repairs and improvements to the airports.The awards are: $675,000 for the Tri State Airport Authority in Cabell County; $110,000 for the Fairmont-Marion County Regional Airport Authority; and $61,829 for the Braxton County... Read More

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University, state and local agencies will be getting a boost in funding for health-care programs.On Tuesday, the office of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. announced that he and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. helped secure $2,773,296 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for various health-care programs across the Mountain State. Both senators are members of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee.“This significant funding will support a... Read More

On July 9, President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court, and in the coming months, the Senate will vote on this important nomination.As a senator, I take my responsibility to evaluate presidential nominees very seriously. That is especially true for a nominee to our nation’s highest court.When I consider nominees for the Supreme Court, I don’t look for a person who promises a particular policy outcome or someone who is... Read More

MARTINSBURG — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Congress is planning smarter when handing out federal opioid addiction treatment dollars.“We found out that states started to run into addiction problems, but they had no treatment facilities,” Capito said. “We’re looking at more money. We’ve put more a lot of money into that through the White House drug control policy with our High Intensity Drug Task Forces,”Capito said during her visit to the... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) - A one-day event that has been touring all across the U.S. has made a stop in Charleston to teach eager West Virginian job seekers and small business owners learn how to optimize Google's many features.The two workshops that were scheduled throughout the day centered around hands-on activities to allow attendees to master the email basics, maximize search engine capabilities, and other tools beneficial to small businesses.Senator Shelley Moore Capito said the Grow with... Read More

One of the saddest parts of the Opioid epidemic spreading throughout the US are the youngest victims.Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, or NAS, effects babies whose mothers used opioids while pregnant. Treatment centers like Lily’s Place in Huntington, West Virginia and Children’s National Health System care for those infants.Chief of Neonatology at Children’s National Health System, Billie Short says these young patients usually stay for one month. As the children get... Read More

MORGANTOWN — When Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., took office, one of her first actions was to set about bridging the gaps on internet connectivity, an endeavor that continues three years later via the Capito Connect initiative, which just entered its fourth year.As co-chair of the United States Senate Broadband Caucus, Capito said she went to work with senators in other states and among both parties to form new partnerships and tackle the problem.“Where we started was a... Read More

WEST VIRGINIA – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito met with Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh following president Donald Trump's announcement.After meeting with Kavanuagh, Capito addressed that judicial policy and style of judgment was the topic of conversation. She says that Kavanaugh strongly believes the constitution is his guiding principle.Senator Capito says that when it comes to the quality, the Supreme Justice needs the most, it's stability. "We want somebody who's... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh continued meeting with U.S. senators Thursday, which included speaking to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Kavanaugh Monday. Kavanaugh currently serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and previously worked under Ken Starr and in President George W. Bush’s administration. He would succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy, who is retiring at the end of... Read More

Northern Panhandle Head Start Inc. will receive more than $1.2 million from federal sources thanks to the state’s U.S. senators.Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced the funding totals for several Head Start programs throughout West Virginia. The lawmakers, who are both members of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, said they were able to help secure $11,864,272 for those programs.The money comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services... Read More

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., says she does not have a litmus test for who she wants to serve on the Supreme Court, but someone similar to Justice Neil Gorsuch would be a great selection.President Donald Trump is expected to announce Monday his nominee to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy on the nation’s highest court. Kennedy will retire at the end of July after serving since February 1988.During an appearance on MetroNews... Read More

West Virginia - Yesterday marked six months of tax reform in West Virginia.Senator Shelley Moore Capito spoke on the floor about the positive changes West Virginians received as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Highlighting several examples, she covered businesses, individuals and family aspects. Senator Capito expressed that the cut is not isolated, but in fact helping the country. She says already four million workers have received bonuses across the country."What we’re seeing is a... Read More

It seems there’s little the nation’s political parties can agree on these days. Indeed some say the country hasn’t been so divided since the War Between the States. But if any topic can build bi-partisan support as we approach the third decade of the new millennium, it’s Alzheimer’s disease. We all agree we hate it; and we all agree it needs to go. Perhaps we’re just looking for something, anything upon which we can agree, or maybe more and more of us see... Read More

WASHINGTON — Both of West Virginia’s U.S. senators released statements Wednesday, saying they are looking forward to speaking to President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.The remarks come in light of the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced Wednesday he will retire at the end of July. Kennedy, a conservative swing vote on the nation’s high court, has served since February 1988.U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he is looking forward to... Read More

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — To those who have served in the U.S. military, being a veteran is part of their identity, and thanks to mobile clinics organized by the Office of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, many of those veterans are finding it easier to obtain their Veterans ID Card (VIC).The Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center (VAMC) hosted the first mobile clinic in the state Tuesday. The new VICs, issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, began to rollout last fall.U.S. Army veteran... Read More

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - U.S Senator Shelley Moore Capito's mobile office was at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg Tuesday to host a Veterans ID Card, or VIC, clinic. The clinic was to help veterans who are honorably discharged from service apply for the new card.Veterans said the new card is beneficial because it gives them access to benefits outside the health care system."It makes it easier because a lot of us don’t carry or DD form 214, which is your discharge... Read More

Senator Shelley Moore Capito has been working on a Homeland Security funding bill. The legislation provides resources for border security, cybersecurity, efforts to fight the opioid epidemic, state and local grants, and other programs to keep Americans safe.The bill provides $148 million specifically to combat opioids, more than doubling the FY2018 amount.Capito says all of these things should make West Virginians feel a little bit safer.“These are issues that if everything is going right... Read More

A federal study shows toxic chemicals used at DuPont’s Washington Works plant south of Parkersburg are dangerous at a lower level of exposure than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had previously warned.The study on PFOA and PFOs, referred to as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) was previously blocked because the Trump administration worried the study would result in a “public relations nightmare,” Politico reported in May.The U.S. Department of Health and Human... Read More

PARKERSBURG — A federal study on the levels of perfluorinated chemicals in drinking water supplies was released Wednesday and suggests lower exposure levels than recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency two years ago.The draft toxicological profile of perfluoroalkyls — manmade chemicals used in the manufacture of nonstick cookware, firefighting foam and more — was released Wednesday by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The study was... Read More