Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that Concord University will receive $1,050,000 to establish a new physician assistant degree program. This funding was made available through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made and secured solely by Senator Capito.In total, Senator Capito secured $250,950,000 in direct spending measures for initiatives and projects across West Virginia... Read More

To watch Senator Capito’s remarks, click here or on the image above.  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, delivered remarks at the weekly Senate Republican Leadership press conference on the potential catastrophe at the southern border ahead of Title 42’s expiration, and the devastating impact of fentanyl in communities across West Virginia and the country.HIGHLIGHTS:TITLE 42 EXPIRATION:... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today congratulated West Virginia students Dalton Cook from Westside High School, Isabella Herrod from Liberty High School, and Rania Zuri from Morgantown High School on being selected for the U.S Presidential Scholars Program. The Presidential Scholars Program honors graduating high school seniors for their academic achievement, accomplishments in the arts and technology fields, leadership, service, and contribution to their... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito’s questions. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned Jeff Baran during his nomination hearing to serve another term as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). HIGHLIGHTS: ON COMMISSIONER BARAN’S RECORD OF ROADBLOCKS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY: RANKING MEMBER CAPITO: “One element the [NRC]... 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 on the nomination of Jeff Baran to serve another term as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Commissioner Baran, for being here... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, today announced a $598,000 Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to West Virginia University (WVU). This funding will help support the study of High-Temperature Topological Superconductivity in Correlated Two-Dimensional Heterostructures. “I’m pleased to see WVU once again... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of colleagues to introduce a resolution recognizing National Nurses Week. The resolution was led by U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), as well as U.S. Representatives Dave Joyce (R-Ohio-14), Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.-01), Jen Kiggans (R-Va.-02), and Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.-14). National Nurses Week will run May 6th through May 12th.“Our nurses in... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, the NOTAM Improvement Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), passed the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent.Senator Capito, who is also a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, introduced the NOTAM Improvement Act in January 2023 to help prevent future Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system outages. Specifically, the legislation would... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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, today announced five organizations in West Virginia will collectively receive $6,555,818 in State and National funding, including grants and education awards from AmeriCorps. Through this competition, five successful grantees operating in West Virginia will receive $4,877,096 in competitive funding... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), today co-sponsored bipartisan legislation—led by U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.)—resembling the operations of Title 42, giving the Biden administration a two-year temporary expulsion authority for migrants to illegally enter the United States without inspection or proper documents.“For over two years, the Biden administration has failed to grasp the ongoing crisis at our... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), along with U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), reintroduced bipartisan legislation to increase support for children who have been exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma, including witnessing community violence, parental addiction, or abuse. The Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion (RISE) from Trauma Act dramatically increases funding for... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Hardy County Health Department will receive a $474,000 loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Grant Program to help fund the construction of a new 6,000 square-foot health facility in Moorefield, W.Va. “I’m pleased to see the Hardy County Health Department receive the resources they need to support a brand new... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, helped introduce the Kids Online Safety Act, comprehensive bipartisan legislation – led by U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) – to protect children online and hold Big Tech accountable.“Our children are the future, which is why it’s important that we do all we can to protect them... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an op-ed published Sunday in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, wrote about the need to substantively reform America’s broken permitting and environmental review process, and the impact it would have on West Virginia. Capito also discussed how to deliver real solutions, which include two pieces of legislation she recently introduced to streamline... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $20,000,000 for the West Virginia Network for Functional Neuroscience and Transcriptomics. The funding, made available through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (ESPCoR) Track-1 award program at the National Science Foundation, will work to transform neuroscience research in West Virginia by establishing connections and enabling access to... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raising concerns with the Federal Insurance Office’s (FIO) efforts to force the Biden administration’s unrealistic environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda onto the state-regulated insurance industry. This could result in state insurance regulators and insurers being coerced into adopting... Read More

Watch Ranking Member Capito’s opening statement here.Watch Ranking Member Capito’s first round of questions here.Watch Ranking Member Capito’s second round of questions here. WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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, yesterday participated in a hearing on the president’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget request for the National... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, introduced two pieces of legislation to substantively reform the nation’s broken permitting and environmental review processes, which are currently delaying key energy, infrastructure, and transportation projects across America. Ranking... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, today announced $3,066,413 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Housing Trust Fund (HTF) to support affordable housing for low-income households and those experiencing homelessness in West Virginia. “I am pleased to see this support coming to West Virginians who are... Read More

To watch Senator Capito’s questioning, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, as well as the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today questioned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan on the EPA’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2024. During the... Read More