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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) recently introduced the Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Seniors Act to ensure that all senior citizens enrolled in Medicare can access free COVID-19 vaccines as soon as a safe, effective vaccine becomes available. The bipartisan legislation would close a loophole to ensure a future vaccine is available to vulnerable seniors on Medicare without cost-sharing. “We have... Read More

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announced $29.6 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for rural development projects in West Virginia. A release from Senator Manchins office stated that on Friday, Senators Manchin and Capito, both members of the Senate Appropriates Committee, announced $29,673,919 in loans and grants from the USDA for various rural development projects across the state. “Expanding economic... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Monday announced the fourth federal ReConnect grant award for West Virginia in the last year, the most recent outcome of her continuous work to advance high-speed internet access throughout her home state. “This is a major step forward in our efforts to better connect West Virginia,” the senator said on Oct. 19. “It also demonstrates how the collaboration of local, state and federal partners can lead to results that help West Virginia... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTRF) – The U.S. Senate is now scheduled to vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Monday. West Virginia’s U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito said she plans on voting for Judge Barrett’s confirmation.  Ahead of that vote, Senator Capito joined her Republican colleagues to warn of a court packing plan.  She along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Steve Daines (R-MT), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Ben... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WOAY) – This afternoon, Senator Shelley Moore Capito joined several colleagues in a press conference to discuss the democrat court packing plan.  Senator Capito expressed how impressed she was with Amy Coney Barrett’s legal knowledge and career history and says she plans to vote to confirm Judge Barret.   “Judge Barrett is clearly qualified for the Supreme Court. The non-partisan American Bar Association rated her well qualified, that the ABA... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHSV) — West Virginia Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced $8,263,790 from the U.S. Department of Justice to combat opioid addiction and substance abuse in the Mountain State, according to a press release from Sen. Capito’s office. The release says that this money will go specifically towards expanding the West Virginia Prevention Resource Officer program, extending the training and service of drug court operations for veterans and juveniles and... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Monday $1,220,550 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health.  This funding provides the required 75 percent cost share for COVID-19 tests given to West Virginia... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — West Virginia has received more than $1.9 from the U.S Department of Justice to help provide support for forensic science services to help improve the efficiency of sexual assault kits and DNA testing and process the backlog of forensic and data base DNA samples. The funding was announced in a news release by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Nearly $500,000 of the money will go to West Virginia State Police to help... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has been pushing to expand broadband access to rural communities for years.  “If I had all the money in the world and all the cooperation I would have broadband in every single house in this country,” the West Virginia Republican told Fox News.  In 2015, she launched “Capito Connect,” her initiative to deploy federal investments in broadband, without the government mismanagement, waste and fraud the state had suffered in... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOAY) – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,569,574 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to reduce violent crime in and around schools and support the West Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children (WV ICAC) Task Force. This funding was made available through the DOJ’s Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program and Office of... Read More

PARKERSBURG — Development of a high-speed rail project in Eastern West Virginia will advance broadband there and elsewhere in the state, a U.S. senator said Thursday The Virgin Hyperloop certification center will require high-speed information capabilities in its development and operation, said U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said. The senator has promoted and encouraged broadband development in West Virginia in what she calls the Capito Connect program. On Thursday, Capito was in... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,803,771 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHA) for flood recovery projects in the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge and Monongahela National Forest. “Our state has been hit hard by floods in recent years and has damaged our national and state public lands. This funding will help the Canaan... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDTV) - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) wrote a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar about changes in reporting requirements for funds received from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), which was changed on Sept. 19. Senator Capito writes in the letter, “We have grave concerns this change in reporting requirements for funds received from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) will create uncertainty and financial hardship for... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Three West Virginia airports are in line to receive federal grants for improvements, officials said. Yeager Airport in Charleston will receive $1.2 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, the airport announced along with U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito. The funds will be used to build a sewer line on Eagle Mountain Road and to build an aircraft parking apron for the new flight school, the airport said. The Federal Aviation... Read More

MARTINSBURG — In hopes of helping West Virginia to become a more active partner in protecting the Chesapeake Bay watershed in the Eastern Panhandle, a West Virginia Senator said she is thrilled at the progression of a conservation act’s advancement to the Oval Office. According to a press release shared by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito’s, R-W.Va., office, the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the America’s Conservation Enhancement Act, or ACE Act,... Read More

Charleston, W. Va. (WDVM) — Since January of this year, seventeen states were vying for the first certification center of the Hyperloop One, a revolutionary, new mode of transportation. Governor Jim Justice, Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin, and other state officials joined Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group and a member of the Virgin Hyperloop One board of directors, Thursday morning to announce that West Virginia has been selected for the $500 million... Read More

Charleston, WV – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today applauded a $4.4 million investment from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for two infrastructure projects in West Virginia. The projects will support a sewer line expansion at Yeager Airport and flood control infrastructure in Beverly. The two projects will create and retain over 600 jobs. “I am pleased with the EDA’s continued... Read More

Charleston, WV – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $599,127 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for two research projects through the West Virginia University (WVU) Research Corporation. The projects focus on prosthetic joint infection treatment and natural gas byproducts. “West Virginia University continues to be a leader in many research fields, from medicine to the environment.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) introduced legislation last week that would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit to Congress a report on the use of security cameras in VA medical centers. The legislation would help better address transparency issues at VAMC’s in light of the deaths of veterans at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center.  “Following the troubling news out of the Clarksburg VA, I... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Several West Virginia fire departments are sharing $1.3 million in federal grants for upgrades, the state's two U.S. senators announced. The funds come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin said Friday in a joint statement. “We must make certain that our fire departments receive the level of support they need — especially the departments in more rural areas... Read More