Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) applauded the passage of a resolution they introduced last night, which congratulates the West Virginia University (WVU) rifle team on their victory in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship. The Mountaineers made history this month by capturing their 19th NCAA title – a nation-best – with a championship score record of 4723. The Senate resolution... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Made in America Manufacturing Communities Act, legislation that would help revitalize the country’s manufacturing sector and help create good-paying manufacturing jobs throughout the country. The bill was also introduced in the House by U.S. Congressman David... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ten U.S. Senators representing six states and both political parties are urging the president to protect federal funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). Since ARC was created in 1965, the federal-state partnership has partnered with states, localities and the business community to support the creation of thousands of new jobs and helped leverage billions of dollars in new economic investments across the Appalachian region. The White House budget submitted... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a total of $2,424,400 to support economic development projects in Huntington, Davis and at community colleges across West Virginia.  “While I am encouraged that the new administration is already taking action to roll-back eight years of harmful regulations, we must also continue addressing the current needs of West... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined President Donald Trump at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C. for the signing of the president’s Energy Independence Executive Order, which effectively kills President Obama’s harmful Clean Power Plan. Senator Capito issued the following statement applauding the Executive Order: “Today, President Trump kept his promise to roll back one of the most harmful acts of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Today, Congressional leaders united across the aisle and the Capitol Dome to reintroduce the bipartisan RECLAIM Act. The legislation aims to accelerate $1 billion in available funding in the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AML) Fund over the next five years to revitalize coal communities hit hardest by the downturn of the coal industry.The RECLAIM Act: Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More, was filed today... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today introduced legislation to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authority to extend the Jennings-Randolph hydropower dam license so the project has time to secure other required permits and commence construction before its FERC 2-year license expires. Collaboration and engagement are key to identifying challenges and ensuring all parties have an opportunity to be heard. Part of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced legislation today to help halt the flow of illicit fentanyl from Mexico, China and other nations around the world into the United States. The INTERDICT Act would provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tools such as hi-tech chemical screening devices to help detect and interdict fentanyl and other illicit synthetic opioids. Mexico is... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), a bipartisan reform to grow, improve and sustain the palliative care and hospice workforce to keep pace with patient need and to help improve the well-being of Americans with life-threatening illnesses and their families.“As someone who has cared for aging parents, I understand how important palliative and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Coinciding with Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings beginning today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) penned an op-ed in today’s Wheeling Intelligencer/News-Register urging support for the Supreme Court nominee. “We have been presented with an eminently qualified nominee who deserves a fair hearing, and ultimately, the support of each of my colleagues. I will vote to confirm Judge Gorsuch as a worthy... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced a bipartisan measure to ensure that mobilized National Guard and Reserve Troops who have carried out the same duties as active duty forces are also eligible for the same health, education, leave, pay and retirement benefits they’ve earned while deployed. The senators said the bill would provide fairness to National Guard and Reserve... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Senator Capito’s opening questions. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, participated in a hearing focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education. Senator Capito was joined by Dr. Sarah Tucker, Chancellor of the West Virginia Council for Community & Technical College... 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, have introduced bipartisan legislation to measure the economic impact of broadband on the U.S. economy. While the federal government measures the economic impact of many industries, it does not produce current, reliable statistics on the economic impact of broadband on the U.S. economy. Accurate, reliable data on the economic impact of broadband is a... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today announced a total of $2,460,761 from U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the State of West Virginia. Individual awards listed below:  $1,046,559.61 – The West Virginia School Building Authority to replace Richwood Middle & High Schools and Summersville Middle School in Nicholas County that were damaged as a result of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) today reintroduced the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act in the 115th Congress.Opportunities for Americans to safely engage in recreational and competitive shooting have declined on both public and private lands in recent years. This legislation encourages states to develop additional shooting ranges by making more funds available... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) met with Antonella Carmen Blanco of Union and Joseph Marshall Touma of Huntington, the two West Virginia students who were selected as delegates to attend the 55th annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) in Washington D.C. This week they are joining student delegates from across the country attend meetings and briefings with the president, congressional members and staff, a Justice... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined first lady Melania Trump at the White House today to recognize International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. As West Virginia’s first female United States Senator, Senator Capito has focused on empowering young women through her West Virginia Girls Rise Up program.“As the mother of a daughter, and a grandmother to three girls, I believe we must recognize the power of women every day,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) re-introduced Jessie’s Law, legislation to help ensure that medical professionals have full knowledge of their patient’s previous opioid addiction when consent is given. This will help prevent tragic events like the death of Jessie Grubb by providing physicians and other medical professionals with this information at every step of a patient’s care, enabling them to consider the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced $213,000 from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to support economic recovery efforts by the Region I Planning and Development Council in Mercer County. The award will be used to establish a comprehensive database of manufacturers that will be available as a resource during disaster recovery in the southern region of the state. “Helping our struggling coal communities... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) outlining concerns that the February 10 draft health care plan from the House does not adequately protect individuals and families in Medicaid expansion programs or provide necessary flexibility for states. In the letter, the senators write: “While we support efforts to... Read More