Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, today visited El Paso, Texas with a bipartisan group of senators, including Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), as well as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to tour migrant facilities at the border, receive on-site briefings, and assess the ongoing crisis.“The men and women of U.S. Customs and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) is pushing for regular public updates on the reopening status of our nation’s schools and accountability for how the hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer money that is going to the U.S. Department of Education for COVID relief is being spent.This week, she joined her Senate colleagues in introducing the School Reopening and Spending Transparency Act, which would require the Department of Education to publish... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to introduce legislation to extend the deadline for businesses and nonprofits to apply for loans through the Paycheck Protection Program... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,397,881 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) for HIV/AIDS prevention and medical treatment across the state.“For West Virginians with HIV/AIDS, these grants are critical in helping them get the services they... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced legislation to provide measured fiscal relief to the National Children’s Museum, through a GSA agreement to pay the Museum’s leasing fee. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Congressman Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) introduced the House version, H.R. 1703, on March 10, 2021.Founded as the Capital Children’s Museum in 1974, the Museum served children... Read More

To watch Senator Capito’s questioning, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) participated in a Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing titled “Recent Federal Actions to Expand Broadband: Are We Making Progress?” During the hearing, Senator Capito asked questions about ensuring students’ access to broadband services in West Virginia and the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently joined a bipartisan group of her Senate colleagues to reintroduce legislation that would improve underserved states’ ability to successfully compete for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards.The FAST Fix Act, authored by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), would reform the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Federal and State Technology (FAST)... Read More

To watch the interview, click here or the image above.WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today joined “Mornings with Maria” on Fox Business Network to discuss President Biden’s unlawful suspension of border wall funding and construction, as well as the need to pass bipartisan infrastructure legislation moving forward.HIGHLIGHTS:ON PRESIDENT BIDEN HALTING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BORDER WALL... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Infrastructure to support carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) technology remains underdeveloped in the United States, leaving a critical gap in what is needed to deploy of this crucial tool in the fight against climate change. To address this issue, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today... Read More

To watch the interview, click here or the image above.WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today joined “America Reports” on Fox News to discuss the crisis at the southern border, and the letter she wrote to the Government Accountability Office asking for a review of President Biden’s unlawful suspension of border wall funding and construction. Senator Capito’s letter, which 39 of her Senate... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) led four Senators in introducing the bipartisan Medicare Sequester Relief Act, which would prevent substantial cuts to Medicare payments for healthcare providers from taking effect during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Medicare payment cuts were delayed in the year-end package until March 31st, 2021 because many West Virginia healthcare providers rely on payments from Medicare now more than ever... Read More

Click here or on the image above to watch Senator Capito’s questions.WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today participated in a hearing entitled “Examining the Challenges Facing Drinking Water and Waste Water Infrastructure Projects.” Witnesses for the hearing included Michael McNulty, general manager of the Morgantown Utility Board. HIGHLIGHTS:WATER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: “In everyone’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined a bipartisan group of her Senate and House colleagues, including U.S. Rep. David McKinley (WV-01), in reintroducing legislation that would strengthen the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to ensure visual and hearing-impaired students receive the best education possible.The Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act would improve services and educational opportunities for students... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito’s opening remarks. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing entitled “Examining the Challenges Facing Drinking Water and Waste Water Infrastructure Projects.” Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery:“Thank you, Chairman Carper, for you leadership and for putting this hearing together.“I’d also like... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid the rapidly escalating crisis along the southern border, 40 Republican U.S. senators, led by Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to GAO Comptroller Gene L. Dodaro highlighting President Joe Biden’s suspension of border wall funding and construction without lawful justification, as required by the Impoundment Control Act.“On January 20th, in one of the first official... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Angus King (I-Maine), today hosted a Senate Broadband Caucus event to highlight their broadband priorities for 2021 and beyond. In addition to remarks by the senators, the event featured keynote remarks by Federal Communications Commission Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, as well as a panel discussion with The Rural Broadband Association’s Shirley Bloomfield,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined 16 of her colleagues in reintroducing the Protect and Serve Act, legislation that would create federal penalties for individuals who deliberately target local, state, or federal law enforcement officers with violence.“It’s simple: if you intentionally target law enforcement officers with violence, you should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” Senator Capito said. “Those... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined a bipartisan group of her colleagues in reintroducing legislation that would provide certainty to hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program during the COVID-19 public health emergency.“Our health care safety net providers are needed now more than ever during the coronavirus pandemic, and the 340B program is an essential tool for them to stretch limited resources,” Senator Capito said.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,549,614 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) to support maternal and child health services in West Virginia.“The COVID-19 pandemic has created additional strain on our mothers, children, and young families in West Virginia. Grants like... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today issued the below statement regarding her decision to oppose Congresswoman Deb Haaland’s nomination to serve as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior:“While Congresswoman Haaland has said she is committed to bipartisanship, she has also said a lot to contradict any chance of bipartisanship. She has publicly stated that she is against ‘all new fossil fuel... Read More