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, today announced $1,070,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for the West Virginia University (WVU) Research Corporation through HRSA’s Healthy Start Initiative. Funding aims to improve the health of mothers and children before, during, and after pregnancy through... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today released the following statement regarding Attorney General Bill Barr’s letter to Congress on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report: “It’s good to see Special Counsel Mueller back up what President Trump has said all along—neither he nor his campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. I’m satisfied the special counsel was able to complete... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today announced $1,006,774 for the Kanawha County Board of Education through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance program. Funding reimburses the board for temporary classrooms purchased as a result of the 2016 flooding that damaged Herbert Hoover High School. This announcement follows Senator Capito’s efforts to highlight the concerns of local officials... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and, members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $14,630,361 to West Virginia to combat the opioid epidemic. “The drug epidemic has devastated so many families and so many communities across West Virginia, and federal funding like this plays an important role in helping us fight back against the opioid... 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 $1,858,772 for Camden-on-Gauley Medical Center through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Health Center Program. Funding will help provide primary health care services in Webster County and neighboring areas. “Community health centers are a vital component of West Virginia’s health care... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and members of the West Virginia University (WVU) gymnastics team today made a stop in Morgantown to visit with fifth grade girls at North Elementary School as part of Senator Capito’s West Virginia Girls Rise Up program. This marks the second Girls Rise Up event Senator Capito and WVU Gymnastics have hosted together and the 17th event since the program’s launch in 2015. “Empowering the next generation... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today announced new mobile office dates throughout West Virginia for the week. Members of Senator Capito’s staff will be available to provide constituents one-on-one assistance with casework and other issues they may be experiencing with federal agencies. Appointments are not required but are encouraged, and they can be made by visiting Senator Capito’s mobile office page on her website.Mobile office schedule for... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz today toured several USCG facilities across West Virginia—including the National Maritime Center in Martinsburg, the National Vessel Documentation Center in Falling Waters, the Operations Systems Center in Kearneysville, the Marine Safety Unit Huntington in Barboursville, and the Coast Guard Cutter OSAGE in Huntington's Harris Riverfront Park. "West Virginia has... 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—along with Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.)—today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) broadband coverage maps. The Improving Broadband Mapping Accuracy Act directs the FCC to initiate a rulemaking to consider using consumer-reported data and state and local data... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement after voting to uphold President Trump’s national emergency declaration: “There is no doubt that we are facing a serious security and humanitarian crisis at our southern border, and as news reports and data from the Department of Homeland Security have shown in recent weeks, that crisis is only getting worse. As chair of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va) today issued the following statement following the Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia (TMMWV) announcement: “In West Virginia, Toyota represents more than just good jobs. It’s a company committed to improving our economy and investing in our workforce. Today’s announcement further cements the strong community partnership Toyota has in our state. I’m excited to see how this new venture will... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today issued the following statement regarding Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s trip to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Advanced Training Center (ATC) in Harpers Ferry: “I was thrilled the vice president, Secretary Nielsen, and others from the administration had an opportunity to see the... Read More

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor to highlight how Republicans are already working to deliver realistic and pragmatic environmental solutions, contrary to the misguided claims of Green New Deal supporters. “As in so many policy arenas, the latest shiny object distracts from the great bipartisan work that is being done in these halls—work... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to increase access to grocery stores in areas designated as “food deserts” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Healthy Food Access for All Americans (HFAAA) Act would benefit low-income rural and urban communities that have limited or no access to nutritious food by providing incentives to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced bipartisan legislation to expand opportunities for veterans to register for apprenticeships. The Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act would require that veterans are included in Department of Labor (DOL) standards for registered apprenticeship programs. It would also improve the coordination between the Department of Labor and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today joined EPW Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), EPW Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), and a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) of 2019. This legislation would reauthorize DERA—one of the most cost-effective federal clean air programs—through FY2024 at its current... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today reintroduced their bipartisan legislation to update a current loophole in Medicare policy that would help protect seniors from high medical costs for the skilled nursing care they require after hospitalization. The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act would allow for the time patients spend in the hospital under “observation... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, introduced the bipartisan Building Blocks of STEM Act alongside Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.). The bill would create and expand upon STEM education initiatives at the National Science Foundation (NSF) for young children, including new research grants... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today announced new mobile office dates throughout West Virginia for the week. Members of Senator Capito’s staff will be available to provide constituents one-on-one assistance with casework and other issues they may be experiencing with federal agencies. Appointments are not required but are encouraged, and they can be made by visiting Senator Capito’s mobile office page on her website.Mobile office schedule for... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today announced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Chesapeake Bay Program.Building on previous efforts led by Senators Capito and Cardin, the Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization Act would provide $90 million in FY2020 with a $500,000 increase each year for the five years authorized. The vast majority of funding for the program would go directly... Read More