Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined with other Senators in a bipartisan effort urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) Mobility Fund, which is aimed at providing broadband service to rural and underserved areas. Senator Capito was joined by a bipartisan group of Senators in a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler calling for the agency to prioritize new mobile broadband deployment in these areas as... 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 $949,992 will be awarded to the West Virginia University (WVU) Telehealth Network Grant Program and West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.“Connectivity and telemedicine are critical for West Virginians in rural areas of the state who face barriers to accessing quality care. I am glad that this funding will help strengthen the WVU Telehealth Network, and enable... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) co-sponsored legislation that would revoke former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s security clearance as well as the security clearances of Secretary Clinton’s colleagues at the State Department who exhibited extreme carelessness in their handling of classified information. The Taking Responsibility Using Secured Technologies or TRUST Act expresses the sense of Congress that Secretary Clinton should not have... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), along with U.S. Representatives Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), today introduced new bipartisan, bicameral legislation to support Alzheimer’s patients and caregivers, and lessen the mounting costs associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias on federal health programs. More than 15 million Americans are serving as a family caregiver to a loved... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced a total of $17,537,809 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) for Head Start and Early Head Start programs in West Virginia. This funding will allow programs in Wheeling, Fairmont and Martinsburg to continue providing critical health, nutrition, education, and social services to West Virginia families and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced that five airports in Logan, Grant, Mercer, Randolph and Mason counties will receive $864,949 in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).“These airports are very important to the communities they serve and to the state’s economy, so it is critical that they continue to operate safely and reliably. I made sure funding... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced a total of $5,404,604 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) for Head Start programs in West Virginia. This funding will allow programs in Upshur, Harrison and Monongalia counties to continue providing critical health, nutrition, education, and social services to West Virginia families and children. “The Head... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), along with Representatives David McKinley, Alex Mooney and Evan Jenkins, announced that BridgeValley Community and Technical College’s (CTC) West Virginia Technology Transformation Initiative will receive $4 million through the Department of Labor’s TechHire Partnership grant program. The funding will support BridgeValley CTC’s efforts to expand the region’s economy by... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today announced $5.7 million from the United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Quick Release program to clear federal highways and execute other emergency work resulting from damages that occurred during last week’s floods. “Last week’s thunderstorms devastated parts of central and southeastern West Virginia, destroying and severely damaging many roads, bridges and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the following statement after securing a commitment from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to mark up the Miners Protection Act as early as next month and no later than September 30, 2016. Today’s commitment came after Senator Capito and a bipartisan group of Senators voted against cloture on legislation to address Puerto Rico’s debt crisis. “I... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), along with Representatives David McKinley, Alex Mooney and Evan Jenkins, sent a letter to President Obama to express their full support for Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s new request to expand the major disaster declaration to include Clay, Fayette, Monroe, Pocahontas, Roane, Summers and Webster counties.In the letter, the delegation thanked the Obama Administration and FEMA for their... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today issued the following statement regarding the Senate’s failure to reach cloture on the MILCON-VA/Zika conference report:“Senate Democrats’ decision to play politics with critical funding for our military and veterans is dangerous and disheartening. This vote is an affront to these service men and women who sacrifice so much to keep us safe, and a reckless game to play with our veterans and public... Read More

As West Virginia begins to rebuild after the devastating flooding in our state, I wanted to provide an update on the steps being taken to ensure our residents, businesses and communities have the resources needed to recover. I urge all West Virginians to remain cautious, and continue helping friends and neighbors in need. Although the recovery won’t happen overnight, West Virginia is strong, and we will rebuild.  FEMA and SBA Assistance Today, I visited the National Armory in... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), along with Representatives David McKinley (R-W.Va.), Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) and Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.), sent a letter to President Obama to express their full support for Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s request to declare a major disaster for the state of West Virginia as a result of the extreme flooding throughout the state. The extreme flooding has devastated 44 out of West Virginia’s... Read More

My thoughts and prayers are with all West Virginians who have been impacted by the severe flooding throughout our state over the last several days, especially those who have lost or are missing loved ones.Today, I visited Greenbrier County, and some of the hardest hit areas in southern West Virginia, to help ensure those affected have the resources they need. I have been in constant contact with Governor Tomblin, local officials, FEMA and other emergency responders about flood response and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With more than 45 million Americans living in poverty, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Angus King (I-Maine), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) today introduced bipartisan legislation that would modernize the federal government’s Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program to help lift more low-income families out of poverty and put them back onto the path to economic self-sufficiency. The EMPOWER (Enhancing and Modernizing... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Citing West Virginia’s staggering drug epidemic, Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) urged the recently appointed House-Senate conference committee to include several provisions that are of importance to West Virginia, which leads the country in drug-related overdose deaths, in the final bill. The conference committee is finalizing opioid legislation in line with the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act that passed the Senate in March. In a letter to the conferees... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) introduced the Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act to improve health outcomes for individuals at risk for diabetes and save long-term care costs for Medicare. This bipartisan legislation will extend Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy services for Americans with pre-diabetes and risk factors for developing type-2 diabetes. Under current law, Medicare will only cover... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) teamed up with her colleagues to write an op-ed in the Washington Examiner today regarding the historic passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. This common-sense, conservative solution provides updates for the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976 and is the first-ever major chemical safety reform legislation to reach the president’s desk in forty-years. President Obama will sign the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today delivered a speech on the Senate floor urging action on and passage of the Miners Protection Act.“As I have said many times before - the negative regulatory impact on coal extends far beyond the tens of thousands of families who directly suffer a loss of employment. The severe impact on the health care and pensions of our miners is another consequence of the administration’s war on coal,” Senator Capito... Read More