Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement:“The recent Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio has led to serious health and safety concerns from the surrounding communities. Given these concerns, we will hold a committee hearing soon on the environmental and public health impacts of this incident.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) led a bipartisan group of 20 Senators in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, urging CMS to expand Alzheimer’s patients’ access to treatments. The letter calls on CMS to reconsider the Coverage with Evidence Development (CED)... Read More

To watch the questions, click here or the image above.  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, yesterday participated in a hearing titled “Bringing Transparency and Accountability to Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM),” which addressed how the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act will bring transparency into PBM business practices and prohibit unfair or deceptive PBM... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) recently re-introduced the Early Educators Apprenticeship Act to support apprenticeships in early childhood education.Apprenticeships are an innovative way to address the challenges of costly expenses and staffing that plague the child care industry due to lack of available educators. Increasing the number of quality child care educators will also help reduce the strains of child care... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and nine of their Senate Republican colleagues reintroduced legislation to help businesses comply with immigration laws by certifying the legal status of their workforce.The legislation, known as the Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act, would permanently authorize and expand the E-Verify program, an internet-based system that assists employers in determining whether current or... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With a looming battle over the nation’s debt and borrowing authority, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and 22 colleagues to introduce a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution to force the president and Congress to enact annual balanced budgets.The joint resolution (S.J.Res.13) proposes a constitutional amendment to establish requirements for the submission and approval of annual balanced budgets, including guidelines... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $17,633,800 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for 30 housing authorities across the state to help ensure quality, affordable housing for all West Virginians. The funding will specifically support upgrading and modernizing public housing projects and assisting families transitioning from renting to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan resolution – led by Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) condemning the Chinese spy balloon that was first publicly reported in U.S. airspace above Billings, Montana. This resolution unanimously passed the U.S. Senate on February 15, 2023. “The Chinese Communist Party’s brazen violation of U.S. airspace is alarming and unacceptable... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $902,161 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for eight rural development projects across West Virginia. The investments will support installing new water and sewer lines at the Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center, providing marketing and sales assistance to the Appalachian Botanical Company, bolstering the Smithers and Calhoun... Read More

To watch the questions, click here or the image above.  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, yesterday questioned Federal Aviation Administrator (FAA) Acting Administrator Billy Nolen, during a hearing titled “The Federal Aviation Administration’s NOTAM System Failure and its Impacts on a Resilient National Airspace.”Senator Capito specifically asked about the Notice... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, as well as co-chair of the Senate Broadband Caucus, continued her efforts to tackle West Virginia’s broadband challenges by introducing legislation.Most recently, Senator Capito introduced the Rural Broadband Protection Act, which would require a more thorough vetting and verification process for internet service providers seeking to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $18,914,000 in funding to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), in drinking water in West Virginia through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.“When the EPW Committee negotiated, wrote, and passed the... Read More

To watch Senator Capito’s full floor speech, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today delivered a floor speech on the out-of-control crime the nation is facing due to Democrats’ soft-on-crime agenda. During the speech, Senator Capito highlighted Democrats’ disregard for law and order, the record number of police officers leaving the profession, and the direct tie between the southern border crisis and the... 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 witnesses at a full committee hearing about increased costs caused by Low-Carbon Fuel Standard programs currently in place in certain states, the emissions impacts of electric vehicles (EVs), and the Appalachian Hydrogen Hub.HIGHLIGHTS:ON LOW-CARBON FUEL STANDARD IN... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito’sopening remarks from the committee hearing.WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, “The Future of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels and Considerations for a National Clean Fuels Program.”Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered.“Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank the witnesses for being here today.  And I think... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today announced she will serve as the top Republican on the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees funding across a large range of programs within the U.S. Departments of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services (HHS), and other independent agencies.“I’m honored to serve as Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), both members of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, reintroduced the Rural Broadband Protection Act (S.275), which would require a more thorough vetting and verification process for internet service providers seeking to participate in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) high-cost programs.The bill would provide essential safeguards to the Universal Service Funds... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) provided U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra with recommended bipartisan improvements on implementing the HHS proposed rule on the “Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records.”The proposed rule is aimed at enacting the Protecting Jessica Grubb’s Legacy Act (Legacy... Read More

To watch the video, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, released the following video with her Republican colleagues in response to President Biden’s State of the Union Address. In the video, the senators address the true concerns of the American people that President Biden neglected to reference, highlight misconceptions within the president’s speech, and stress the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group to reintroduce the Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (BGTTA). The legislation, led by U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), would amend the Internal Revenue Code to ensure funding for broadband deployment from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) will not be considered taxable income.“When... Read More