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WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined a bipartisan group of 27 of her colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) urging them to fully implement two aviation workforce grant programs authorized in the 2018 FAA Reauthorization bill that invest in and expand the development of the next generation of aircraft pilots and maintenance technicians.As the Senators note in their... 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 $250,000 for the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program in two locations in West Virginia. This funding is made available through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and will support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and... Read More

WHEELING, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today made a stop in Wheeling at Oglebay Park where she met with staff from Oglebay and the Wheeling Park Commission. Oglebay is the recipient of a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, which was included as part of the CARES Act to help businesses struggling due to COVID-19. During the visit, Senator Capito toured the park and heard directly from park leadership and others about how the PPP has helped the park during the... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today applauded U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue’s announcement that the department will extend several school meal flexibilities through as late as December 31, 2020. The flexibilities will allow summer meal program operators to continue serving free meals to all children into the fall months.Last week, Senator Capito joined with several colleagues in a letter asking Secretary Perdue to... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Cpito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $60,303 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Moderate Rehabilitation Program. This program received additional funding from the CARES Act.“In times as uncertain and unprecedented as this, we must provide additional resources to help West Virginians who have fallen on hard times. Our public housing... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, joined her colleagues Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) in sending a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons urging the FTC to take action to address the troubling data collection and sharing practices of the mobile application (“app”) Premom. Premom is a mobile app that helps users... Read More

BRUCETON MILLS, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, as well as the co-chair of the Senate Broadband Caucus, today received an update on the status of a fiber installation project, which was funded by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Community Connect program and made possible through the senator’s Capito Connect initiative. The project will serve approximately 3,500 people and 1,300 households in the... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,505,863.88 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for fire departments across the state of West Virginia. This funding was made available through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced West Virginia will receive $43,756,934 through the State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program. The funding would come through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This news follows a joint-announcement released in March acknowledging West Virginia was eligible for these funds.The funding amount for each state is determined by... 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 that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $4.3 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely affected by the... 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 $5,568,607 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) health center cluster grant program. This funding will provide support and resources for health centers across West Virginia.“Health centers continue to provide essential care to many West Virginians, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is crucial... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) yesterday joined Governor Jim Justice and others in congratulating the winners of the West Virginia Governor’s Commendation for International Market Entry Award. Senator Capito delivered live remarks during the virtual ceremony, which recognizes a company’s first sale to a new country in the previous calendar year. During yesterday’s ceremony, 30 small and medium-sized businesses were recognized for sales to... Read More

WESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today visited the new Mountaineer Food Bank facility in Weston. Senator Capito has worked through her role on the Senate Appropriations Committee to ensure Mountaineer Food Bank can continue their valuable work, especially as the coronavirus pandemic has put additional strain on the already-busy operations.“Since the onset of the pandemic, food banks have played a critical role in supplying families in need,”... 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 $40,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the Mountain Line Transit Project in Morgantown. This funding is made available through DOT’s competitive Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) grant program and will promote innovative approaches to improve financing, system design, and... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today attended the ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony of a new EC145e helicopter to serve the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) and Southern West Virginia. Senator Capito, CAMC Executive Vice President/CFO Jeff Sandene, and HealthNet CEO Clinton Burley all delivered remarks before taking a tour of the new aircraft. The EC145e helicopter will be based in Beckley in support of CAMC.The EC145e helicopter will feature... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – In an op-ed for The Wheeling Intelligencer, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) honored the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and highlighted how she is carrying the legacy of the suffragists forward. Senator Capito is the first female U.S. Senator in West Virginia’s history and is one of 26 female senators serving in the Senate today.The written reflection originally appeared in a special project for the Smithsonian American Women’s... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, joined colleagues in calling for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to delay a scheduled furlough at the agency beginning at the end of this month using funds from within their present budget. A bipartisan and bicameral group of members of the relevant authorizing and Appropriations Committees authored a letter to show support for the... 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 $898,778 and four Per Diem Only (PDO) grants from the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) for community organizations to assist homeless veterans in West Virginia. This funding is made available through the VA’s Grant Per Diem (GPD) program and will provide transitional housing and supportive services for homeless veterans... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today applauded the Trump administration’s efforts to increase recreational access on public lands. U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced the historic opening and expansion of over 850 hunting and fishing opportunities across more than 2.3 million acres at 147 national wildlife refuges and national fish hatcheries. This rule is the single largest expansion of hunting and fishing opportunities... Read More

DAVIS, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today hosted U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Kate MacGregor and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Director Aurelia Skipwith in West Virginia for a tour of the new LEED-certified visitor center and headquarters facility at Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Today’s stop follows Senator Capito’s visit to the facility construction site with Interior Secretary David Bernhardt last... Read More