Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,209,080 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services. This funding will improve diabetes, heart disease and stroke prevention programs throughout West Virginia. “So many families in West Virginia have experience with the unfortunate effects of heart... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced the Educational Opportunity and Success Act. The bipartisan legislation would strengthen federal TRIO programs and improve their outreach to underserved youth.Nationwide, TRIO programs help ensure that underserved students have equal access to a college education and the support they need to prepare for, succeed in, and graduate from higher... Read More

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today spoke on the Senate floor about the escalating humanitarian and security crisis at the southern border. Highlighting the urgent need for additional resources, she urged her colleagues to come together and deliver on the administration’s emergency supplemental funding request, which the Senate Appropriations Committee is expected to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee and co-chair of the Senate Broadband Caucus, today questioned members of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about roadblocks to accurate broadband mapping data at a committee oversight hearing. “We’ve had numerous hearings on [broadband] mapping,” Senator Capito said. “The data that you all generate doesn’t match with the anecdotal data that... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday hosted a roundtable discussion with Ivanka Trump, advisor to President Donald Trump, on the U.S. strategy for implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act, which was authored by Senators Capito and Shaheen and signed into law by President Trump in October 2017. “By giving women the same tools and... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $30,000 from the Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to help protect underground water sources from waste and pollutants in southern West Virginia. “Throughout my time in Congress, I have worked to ensure that every West Virginian has access to safe drinking... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) led a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging the administration to take immediate action on pharmacy direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fee reforms to reduce prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries. In a letter to President Donald Trump, the senators expressed disappointment that DIR reform was not included in the recently finalized Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and former United Nations (U.N.) Ambassador Nikki Haley yesterday hosted an event at the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council to promote female empowerment, education, fitness, and self-confidence. Kindergarten through fifth grade Girl Scouts participated in Senator Capito’s Girls Rise Up program, where they had the chance to hear from Senator Capito and Ambassador Haley on their personal experiences as female leaders... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)—along with U.S. Representatives Danny Davis (D-Ill.) and Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.)—introduced bipartisan legislation to increase support for children who have been exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma, such as witnessing violence, parental addiction, or abuse. Building off comprehensive federal legislation they passed... 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 $225,667 for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This funding will help to improve Chesapeake Bay watersheds in West Virginia by improving water quality, reducing the sediment levels, and monitoring other pollutants. “The Chesapeake Bay is a national... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,954,576 for West Virginia through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Black Lung Clinics Program. Funding will support the West Virginia Black Lung Clinics Program, which helps provide primary and specialized health care services for miners and their families. These clinics also conduct outreach and education in the... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – In an op-ed for the Charleston Gazette-Mail, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today outlines the potential for revitalization in West Virginia through Opportunity Zones, a federal program that offers tax incentives to promote private investment in economically distressed areas. The op-ed highlights several visits in Charleston where Senator Capito hosted White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council Executive Director Scott Turner and a number of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an op-ed appearing today on FoxNews.com, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) highlights needed solutions to help Alzheimer’s patients, support caregivers, and find a cure for the disease, and she calls for a new commitment to make Alzheimer’s a national priority. “As we commemorate June as Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, let’s renew our commitment to this cause. Let’s work toward the day when patients and their... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), co-chairs of the Senate Broadband Caucus, announced that their legislation to improve broadband connectivity has passed the Senate. The Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act would require the Bureau of Economic Analysis, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Technology, to conduct a study of the effects of the digital economy and the adoption of... Read More

 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, yesterday hosted U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao in West Virginia to learn more about the state’s infrastructure challenges and opportunities. Senator Capito and Secretary Chao also spoke at the Huntington Regional Chamber of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,414,000 for West Virginia through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Brownfields Program. Funding will support the remediation of environmental hazards present at several properties in the state, as well as assessments to determine further sites that need to be remediated in the future to be put back into productive... 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 $3,343,985 for the Kanawha County Board of Education from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This funding will support Head Start programs in Kanawha County. “Head Start helps ensure West Virginia children have a strong educational foundation so able to succeed when they enter grade school. Our children deserve the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) today reintroduced legislation with Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to authorize the current United States Postal Service (USPS) Alzheimer’s research stamp for an additional six years, providing more time to raise additional Alzheimer’s research funds for the National Institutes of Health. Approximately 5.8 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s... Read More

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)—the most senior Republican and Democratic female senators—along with a bipartisan group of female colleagues for a tribute commemorating the 100th anniversary of Senate passage of what would become the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Following passage by the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate, and three-fourths of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced that they are cosponsoring bipartisan legislation that would crack down on manufacturers and traffickers of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is ravaging communities throughout the United States. The Fentanyl Sanctions Act would be the... Read More