Press Releases

To watch Senator Capito’s questioning, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, questioned U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the agency’s budget requests for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.During the hearing, Senator Capito pressed Secretary Mayorkas on cuts to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) programs at local West... Read More

To watch Senator Capito’s questioning, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, questioned U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Hon. Frank Kendall, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin, and U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman on the U.S. Air Force’s and U.S Space Force’s respective budget requests for Fiscal Year (FY)... Read More

Click here to watch Senator Capito’s floor speech. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor reiterating the need for Senate Democrats to conduct a full impeachment trial for U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. During her remarks, Senator Capito referenced the... Read More

Click here for Ranking Member Capito’s floor remarks prior to today’s vote on Senator Cramer’s resolution of disapproval. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate passed a measure co-sponsored by Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and sponsored by Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of EPW’s Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, to overturn the Biden administration’s illegal greenhouse emissions performance measure... Read More

To watch Senator Capito’s interview, click here or on the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, joined CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to discuss TikTok and the national security threat it poses. During the interview, Senator Capito also expressed her support for the divestment of TikTok from ByteDance, its current owners who... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito’s opening remarks from the committee hearing. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, “Examining the State of Air Quality Monitoring Technology.” Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. “Thank you Chairman Carper, and thank you all for being here with us today. “And I appreciate the travel and I appreciate the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with her colleagues U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and U.S. Reps. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.-01) and Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.-08), introduced the Preserving Emergency Access in Key Sites Act (PEAKS Act). The legislation would allow Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in rural, mountainous areas to be able to operate ambulatory services under a special enhanced Medicare payment model. The bill would also help to preserve the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.-05), Chair of the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee, led 44 of their colleagues in filing a bicameral amicus curiae brief in the D.C. Circuit in support of state and industry challengers of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) so-called “Good Neighbor”... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an op-ed published today in the Washington Examiner, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, discussed the need for the Senate to conduct a full impeachment trial for U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. On February 13, the U.S. House of Representatives agreed to articles of impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas for his “willful and systemic refusal to comply with... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced drinking water standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including PFOA and PFOS. “Americans should be able to feel confident their drinking water is safe and clean,” Ranking Member Capito said. “For years, I have urged multiple administrations to issue... Read More

KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), traveled to Kearneysville, W.Va. where she participated in the events celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Hospice of the Panhandle’s Kearneysville campus. Senator Capito first visited the campus in 2015 where she spoke in recognition of Hospice of the Panhandle’s 35th... Read More

Click here or the image above to view the report. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released a report titled, “Biden’s 2024 Environmental Agenda and its Road to Ruin.” The report outlines the Biden administration’s forthcoming environmental rules and regulations set to be finalized. Imposing this agenda will drive costs up for consumers, target U.S. energy production, threaten the nation’s electric... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Recently, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced legislation to help individuals recovering from a substance use disorder (SUD) access stable housing. The Safe and Secure Housing for Opioid Recovery and Enduring Stability (Safe SHORES) Act of 2024 would reauthorize the Recovery Housing Program... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Last week, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) urged U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg to move forward with the rulemaking process to implement the Reduced Impaired Driving for Everyone (RIDE) Act as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that was signed into law in November 2021. In 2023, approximately 12,600 fatalities in motor vehicle crashes were caused by alcohol impairment. The RIDE Act... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – America250, the official nonpartisan entity charged by Congress with planning the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, announced last week that U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has been appointed to the United States Semiquincentennial Commission. As a Commissioner, Senator Capito will assist the United States Semiquincentennial Commission and America250.org in orchestrating the largest commemoration and celebration in American... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the below statement after reviewing the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) final decision for the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center Mail Processing Facility Review (MPFR). “I am disappointed that USPS has decided to move forward with plans to shrink the role of the Charleston facility. It is also very disappointing to see the number of jobs impacted by these changes has grown from USPS’s initial... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, recently joined a group of 13 senate colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.), to introduce a resolution in the U.S. Senate denouncing the Biden administration’s open border policies. Since President Biden took office, there have been more than 9.2 million illegal border crossings. This resolution was led in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep.... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, joined 37 of her Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter – led by U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) – to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan regarding recently announced oil and gas mergers.In the letter, the Republican Senators call on the FTC... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – In an op-ed published today in The Dominion Post, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), wrote about the importance of the National Institute of Health (NIH) and how her partnership with NIH has benefitted West Virginia. The op-ed also highlights Senator Capito’s visits this week with Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, Director of the NIH, at... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced resources from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the West Virginia Division of Emergency Management. The award will be used to help cover costs of ongoing recovery projects following a major weather disaster in April 2018. “Many communities across our state face flooding due to our... Read More