Press Releases

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) visited The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club in Charleston, W.Va. where she read to young students as part of the “Readers are Leaders” initiative. The program, which consists of local leaders reading to children, aims to prevent summer learning loss among children. During the visit, Senator Capito also donated several books from the Library of Congress to the club. “West Virginia’s young... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $350,000 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) for three separate economic development councils in West Virginia. The funding will be used to support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) across each... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,155,126.30 from the Small Business Administration (SBA) for three West Virginia agricultural business development projects. This funding, which was secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made by Senator Capito for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, will be used to support West Virginia agriculture business development resources, increase food... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – 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, along with U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and U.S. Representatives Jen Kiggans (R-Va.-2) and Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.-6) re-launched the bipartisan, bicameral Assisting Caregivers Today (ACT) Caucus. The caucus will provide education about the challenges family caregivers face and advocate for... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of both the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Appropriations Committees, and Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, yesterday announced that West Virginia will receive $1,210,800,969.85 in funding through the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program to deploy high-speed internet networks.The BEAD program, and the funding for it, was made available... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Earlier this month, 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, joined in introducing the bipartisan Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services (SCREENS) for Cancer Act. This bill – led by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of both the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Appropriations Committees, and Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today announced that West Virginia will receive $1,210,800,969.85 in funding through the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program to deploy high-speed internet networks.The BEAD program, and the funding for it, was made available... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced the Burn Pit Registry Enhancement Act. This bipartisan legislation would improve the government’s data collection on burn pit and toxic substance exposure by directing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to allow a designated family member or individual to update the burn pit registry with their veteran’s cause of death.“Supporting our veterans and their... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced bipartisan legislation to extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program, which is set to expire on July 27th. The program was created after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and ensures that facilities holding high-risk chemicals have security measures in place to reduce the risk of chemicals being stolen... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today issued the following statement in remembrance of the 23 lives lost during the severe flooding that occurred seven years ago on June 23, 2016:“We will never forget the 23 West Virginians we lost on June 23, 2016, and the scars that it created in our communities. Families’ lives were changed forever, schools were decimated, businesses were forced to close, and many West Virginians were left without a home.... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — 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, today announced $1,112,042 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). The funding will be used to support the DHHR to look at evidence-based strategies to evaluate and prevent serious cardiovascular... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $183,368 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Legacy Program (VLP) to support the West Virginia Humanities Council. Through this program, 40 students at Grafton High School in Taylor County and University High School in Monongalia County have begun composing biographies of veterans interred at the Grafton National Cemetery and West... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced three grants totaling $25,852,107 through the Department of Transportation’s RAISE grant program for three transportation projects across West Virginia.“Through my roles on the EPW and Appropriations committees, I’ve consistently fought to deliver resources to West... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $599,999 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to West Virginia University (WVU) for research that seeks to integrate and retain more college students in the STEM fields. “Ensuring students have the bedrock knowledge, skills, and a path to success in the STEM fields is... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a group of her colleagues in introducing legislation to improve how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administers the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) program under the Clean Air Act, making the program more cost-effective for states to implement and protecting American jobs. The National Ambient Air Quality Standards... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an effort to lower drug costs and support small businesses, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced legislation to hold Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) accountable.The Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act will ensure that all pharmacy price concessions are assessed at the point of sale and eliminate the retroactive nature of direct and indirect remuneration (DIR)... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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, announced $625,000 for five Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Programs across West Virginia. The funding comes from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and will be used to mobilize communities to prevent and combat youth substance use.“Community-based solutions are... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,028,724 from the U.S. Department of Education for three West Virginia higher education centers. This funding, which was secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made by Senator Capito for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, will be used to support cybersecurity research and education at Marshall University, a worker upskilling program at West... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senate and House Republican committee leaders requested a detailed update from the heads of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about how the agencies plan to immediately implement the Supreme Court’s decision in the Sackett v. EPA (Sackett II) case in which the Court ruled that the Biden administration’s proposed definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) was illegal. In a letter... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Round 1 of Ranking Member Capito’s questions. Click here for Round 2. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a full committee hearing on the Economic Development Administration (EDA). During the hearing, Ranking Member Capito discussed the EDA’s work in West Virginia with Mike Graney, Executive Director of the West... Read More