Press Releases

To watch Senator Capito’s questioning, click here or the image above.   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, participated in a hearing today focused on rising gas prices and steps the Biden administration can take to unleash energy production, like supporting pipeline infrastructure projects, to provide relief to the American people.HIGHLIGHTS: IMPACT OF HIGH GAS PRICES ON... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and a group of their Republican colleagues in calling on Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler to withdraw the agency’s proposed climate disclosure rule, which would require publicly-traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and other information related to climate change. The letter expresses the senators’ strong opposition to... 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, wrote an op-ed for the Wheeling Intelligencer over the weekend detailing how the Biden administration’s domestic energy policies have led to record-high gas prices and how these decisions exacerbate the energy crisis in Europe given the invasion of Ukraine.“As a country, we’ve surpassed the highest recorded average gas price... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today released the below statement on the Biden administration’s decision to terminate its Title 42 authority, effective May 23, 2022.“Through policy decision after policy decision, President Biden has created a crisis that is about to balloon into a full blown catastrophe. Rescinding the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Title 42... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $9,401,593 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for four grant programs in West Virginia.“These grants will provide resources to strengthen our health centers, support access to health services that our elderly population rely on, and assist parents with young children. I’m thrilled this funding is heading... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group of female senators in a letter—led by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)—to President Joe Biden, urging his administration to take action in response to the Taliban’s decision to renege on a commitment to allow Afghan girls to return to secondary school. This letter follows a previous letter—led by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)—Senator Capito joined calling on him to do... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Representative David McKinley (R-W.Va.-01), and Governor Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) applauded the recent announcement that West Virginia University (WVU) has now taken ownership of the Viatris facility in Morgantown. The WVU Innovation Corporation will take over management of the Viatris Chestnut Ridge Road property, the next step in bringing jobs and opportunities back to the area.“The... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Congressman David B. McKinley (W.Va.-01) sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging them to work expeditiously to approve applications from States that will allow them to assume responsibility (primacy) from EPA to store carbon dioxide securely underground.This process is an integral part of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today issued the below statement regarding the upcoming vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court:“As I have said from the beginning, I take my constitutional duty to evaluate Supreme Court nominees seriously, and I have approached the nomination process with an open mind. I met with Judge Jackson in my office to discuss her background and record, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced funding for water resources projects and programs in West Virginia through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). This funding is made possible through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).“The Army Corps of Engineers is a significant... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and U.S. Representative David McKinley (R-W.Va.) announced that West Virginia is eligible for $28,882,509 in new funding through the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program. This historic level of funding was made possible by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and will help reduce household energy use while saving consumers money, reducing emissions and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Representative David McKinley (W.Va.-01) introduced a resolution celebrating the Glenville State University Lady Pioneers Women’s Basketball Team winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Women’s Basketball Championship. Representative McKinley will be introducing the companion legislation in the House of Representatives.“I am... Read More

To watch the interview, click here or the image above.  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Fox Business Network’s Varney and Co. today to discuss the importance of energy independence, and key takeaways from her recent trip to Eastern Europe to assess the humanitarian impact and response to the war in Ukraine.HIGHLIGHTS:ON BIDEN’S ANTI-AMERICAN ENERGY POLICIES: “The government is definitely in the way of energy production in West... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined 68 bipartisan senators in a letter—led by U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.)—urging U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to prioritize reversing the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) permanent Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. With the rejoining of the United States to the UNHRC earlier this year, the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over one month since the beginning of Putin’s unjust war on Ukraine, and following a bipartisan Senate delegation visit to Poland and Germany, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and a larger group of bipartisan senators in requesting answers from President Joe Biden’s national security advisor (NSA), Jake Sullivan, on the speed, specifics, and supply of lethal aid provided to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) today introduced a resolution recognizing the significance of endometriosis as an unmet chronic disease for women and designating March 2022 as National Endometriosis Awareness Month.This resolution would also encourage the U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Defense and Veterans Affairs to provide information on endometriosis to women, patients, and providers, and to improve screening... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a total of $8,929,787 for West Virginia University (WVU) and WVU Medicine’s City Hospital. This funding, which is through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will be used to reimburse... Read More

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined Governor Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-W.Va.-03), and state and local officials in Fayetteville, W.Va. to mark the announcement of the redevelopment of the town’s schoolhouses, which will be renovated and built as boutique hotel rooms and new apartments.“When we pushed to designate New River Gorge as a national park and preserve, this kind of investment and development is... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that Regional Optical Communications (ROC) in Princeton, West Virginia, will receive a $300,000 grant through the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for the West Virginia Multi-Region Broadband Projects (Mbps) Accelerator Project. In addition to ARC... Read More

LEWISBURG/ALDERSON/CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today made multiple stops across the state to receive an update on broadband projects, as well as discuss and announce several infrastructure projects that she secured funding for through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 appropriations omnibus package.“West Virginians expect their representatives in Congress to advocate for and deliver resources back to our state,” Senator Capito said. “This is... Read More