Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), joined with Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced the Safe Connections Act to help survivors of domestic violence and other crimes cut ties with their abusers and separate from shared wireless service plans, which can be exploited to monitor, stalk, or control victims.“As lawmakers, we must make resources available to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following their more than two-hour meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House on Monday, the group of 10 Republican Senators – including U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) – sent a letter to President Biden responding to information shared by the president’s staff on the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Senator Capito was joined by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski... 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 $5,921,559 in Mental Health & Substance Abuse Service Grants to two locations in West Virginia. Of the $5,921,559 provided, $2,000,000 will be granted to West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services to help battle the rise in opioid abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the remaining $3,921,559 will be provided to Prestera... 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 the Raleigh County Memorial Airport Industrial Park will receive $3.5 million award from the U.S Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The $8.3 million project will also receive $4.8 million in funding from state, local and private sources. The Raleigh... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), led eleven of their Senate colleagues in a letter to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in support of efforts to research and develop effective medication treatment options for those struggling with addiction to methamphetamine and other stimulants. Overdose cases due to opioids, meth, and polysubstance use are on the rise, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic with increased social... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), this week re-introduced the Early Educators Apprenticeship Act to support apprenticeships in early childhood education.While child care costs strain working families, child care workers are often faced with low wages and long hours due to a lack of available educators, especially in rural areas. Apprenticeships are an innovative way to address these challenges, especially as the... Read More

To watch Senator Capito’s opening statement, click here or the image above.To watch Senator Capito’s first round of questions, click here.To watch Senator Capito’s second round of questions, click here. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today questioned North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan, the nominee for U.S. Environmental... Read More

To watch the interview, click here or the image above.   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined David Westin on Bloomberg TV’s Balance of Power to discuss the future of COVID-19 relief. Senator Capito and nine other Senate Republicans met with President Joe Biden on Monday evening to discuss their COVID-19 relief proposal.Senator Capito also discussed how President Biden’s Executive Orders on climate will hurt communities in West... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined 15 senators in reintroducing a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring the president and Congress to enact annual balanced budgets.Like the measure Senator Capito cosponsored in the 116th Congress, the joint resolution authored by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) proposes a constitutional amendment outlining requirements for the submission and approval of annual balanced... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), the leaders of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today approved $3 billion in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Funds (DRF) to combat COVID-19.The approval allows FEMA to reprogram funds to ensure states, Tribes, territories, and local jurisdictions have the resources they need to combat COVID-19 and bridge the gap until critically needed appropriations are... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), reintroduced legislation to enhance telehealth support for seniors and increase access to technology for "virtual visits" during the coronavirus pandemic. The Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors (ACCESS) Act would help protect older Americans from risking exposure to the virus when accessing remote health care and connecting with loved ones.“The... Read More

To watch the interview, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined FOX News’ Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino on “America’s Newsroom” where she discussed the Republican COVID-19 relief proposal. Senator Capito and nine other Senate Republicans unveiled their proposal yesterday ahead of meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss the package in more detail.Full text of the ten Republican Senator’s COVID-19 relief proposal is... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $630,480 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help health centers provide care for minority West Virginians diagnosed with hypertension, or high blood pressure.“Our health centers in West Virginia play such an important role in providing accessible services to those struggling with hypertension and heart health.... 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 $14,193,577 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) provide children across West Virginia with access to vaccinations.“Vaccines are crucial in protecting the health of all West Virginians, especially our children,” said Senator... 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 Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committees, today issued the below statement after voting to confirm Mayor Pete Buttigieg to serve as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT):“Today, I cast my vote to confirm Pete Buttigieg as the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. In our conversations and during his... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following their more than two-hour meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss their COVID-19 relief proposal, the group of 10 Republican Senators—including U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)—released this statement:“It was an excellent meeting, and we are very appreciative that in his first official meeting in the Oval Office, President Biden chose to spend so much time with us discussing the response to the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), joined by fellow senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Bob Casey (D-Penn.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Representative Matt Cartwright (D-Penn.) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral COVID-19 Mine Worker Protection Act which would require the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to issue an emergency temporary standard requiring mine operators to... Read More

Click HERE for details on the proposal WASHINGTON, D.C. – The group of 10 Republican Senators—including U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)—unveiled the details of their COVID-19 relief proposal this morning. At the president’s invitation, the group will meet with President Joe Biden this afternoon at the White House to discuss the proposal in further detail.“Mr. President, we recognize your calls for unity and want to work in good faith... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This evening, a group of 10 Republican Senators—including U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)—accepted an invitation from President Joe Biden to come to the White House to discuss their COVID-19 relief proposal. “We appreciate the president’s quick response to our letter, and we are pleased to accept his invitation to the White House tomorrow afternoon to discuss the path forward for the sixth bipartisan COVID-19 relief... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, along with nine of her Republican colleagues wrote to President Joe Biden today to propose an alternative COVID-19 relief proposal that they believe is capable of garnering bipartisan support. The group also requested a meeting with the president to discuss the proposal in detail. The letter’s signatories include Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Bill... Read More