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While it’s easy to criticize what’s called “congressionally directed spending,” formerly known as earmarks, for having the potential of becoming pork-barrel politics, our trusted elected leaders make good use of the funding formula. Case in point is the money that U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, has directed to the West Virginia University Health System and WVU’s Health Sciences Center. More than $23 million in funding will be allocated to projects at WVU Medicine Children’s... Read More

On Sept. 25, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., brought her West Virginia Girls Rise Up program to Sissonville Middle School to promote female empowerment, education, fitness, and self-confidence. Joining Capito in hosting the Girls Rise Up event were West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Beth Walker and Justice Haley Bunn, who grew up in Oceana. Fifth grade female students participated in the program, where they had the chance to hear from the women on their personal experience as... Read More

CHARLES TOWN — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito announced Thursday that the Charles Town Police Department was one of three police departments in the state to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Justice. The funds were secured through Congressionally Directed Spending requests made by the senator and will be used to upgrade equipment, facilities, training and security resources for the departments, as well as for WVU at Potomac State, which also received funding. Charles Town Police Chief... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has announced funding from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to three West Virginia police departments and West Virginia University (WVU) Potomac State. These awards, which were secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made by Senator Capito, will be used to upgrade equipment, facilities, training, and security resources for police departments and the... 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), announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support eight projects at West Virginia University (WVU) Hospitals, Inc., including WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital and the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI), as well as an award for the WVU Health... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, U.S. Sen. 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 Health and Human Services (HHS) to support renovation and construction of health care and educational facilities, as well as support in the fight against opioids in West Virginia. These awards were secured through Congressionally Directed... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WV News) – WVU Medicine Potomac Valley Hospital has been earmarked for $1.1 million in federal funding for the establishment of a satellite clinic in Keyser. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, both announced the award Thursday. WVU Potomac Valley is among ten West Virginia... 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), announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority (KCEAA). This funding, which was secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made solely by Senator Capito, will be used to construct three... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC (LOOTPRESS) – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced legislation to ensure that first responders and other essential community members have access to training on how to use life-saving overdose reversal drugs, like naloxone. The legislation, the Safe Response Act, invests in a critical grant program that allows states, local government entities, and Tribes to train and provide resources to first responders to... Read More

WASHINGTON (WTRF) — West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R) applauded the passage of the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act in in the House of Representatives Wednesday.  This act clarifies that students may continue to have access to educational enrichment programs and activities such as archery and hunting safety education under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, passed the House.  The Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act would amend the Elementary and Secondary... Read More

The Quick Response Team (QRT) at the Monongalia County Department of Health in Morgantown, West Virginia has been awarded a $1 million grant as part of congressional-directed funding. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito announced the grant, which will be used to support the team’s efforts in improving their services and expanding their reach throughout the county. The funding will also support a three-year study conducted by a full-time data analyst, with the study potentially beginning next... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Quick Response Team (QRT) at the Monongalia County Department of Health received a $1 million grant in the latest round of awards announced by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. QRT Coordinator Brittany Irick said that over the four-year life of the team, so far they have connected thousands of people who have recently suffered an opioid overdose with medical and recovery services. The team has also distributed... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Quick Response Team at the Monongalia County Department of Health received a $1 million grant in the latest round congressional-directed funding. This grant, which was announced by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, will fund a data-driven effort to support continued improvement and widen their reach in the county. A full-time data analyst will conduct the three-year study, which could begin as early as next month. “To get this through the U.S. Department of Justice is a... Read More

BROOKE COUNTY, W.Va. — In just a week, Brooke County has seen a great amount of growth -- a new bridge, new business, and now more funding to improve the growing Beech Bottom Industrial Park. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore-Capito announced the release of an additional $3.1 million for the Business Development Corporation to put toward the project. The BDC acquired the property out of RG Steel bankruptcy in 2012, and some, like Beech Bottom Mayor Becky Uhlly, say it’s a different scene now. "My worst... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC (LOOTPRESS) – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced legislation to ensure that first responders and other essential community members have access to training on how to use life-saving overdose reversal drugs, like naloxone. The legislation, the Safe Response Act, invests in a critical grant program that allows states, local government entities, and Tribes to train and provide resources to first responders to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC (LOOTPRESS) — 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 Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority (KCEAA). This funding, which was secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made solely by Senator Capito, will be used to... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc., has been awarded funding for eight projects at WVU Medicine Children’s, WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI), and the WVU Health Sciences Center. 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 the more than $20 million in Congressionally Directed Spending for the projects from the... Read More

Shelley Moore Capito joined a group of senators supporting the Safe Response Act, which looks to provide first responders with access to training on how to use life-saving overdose reversal drugs. The bill would reauthorize a grant program that funds programs that teach EMTs, police officers, and firefighters how to use drugs like naloxone. In a statement supporting the bill, Senator Capito noted the rise of fentanyl related deaths. “With deaths from fentanyl on the rise in West Virginia and... Read More

Charleston, W.Va. – Funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will go to Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) Health Education and Research Institute, Inc., to support telenursing software upgrades, telemedicine expansion, and cardiology services integration. These awards, which were secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, will be used to expand CAMC’s telenursing program with new equipment and software,... Read More

Last Thursday, September 21, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito set foot on a Morgan County highway project that she supported and designated funds for more than a decade ago when she was a Congresswoman. Capito came to Berkeley Springs in the afternoon between a session of the Senate and stops in Martinsburg. Several West Virginia Division of Highways officials briefed Sen. Capito on construction details about the 3.4-mile, four-lane highway that is being built to the east of Berkeley Springs.... Read More