Press Releases

To watch Senator Capito’s full interview, click here or the image above. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Dr. Ali Rezai, Director of the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) today joined Hoppy Kercheval, host of MetroNews Talkline, for a special interview on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. During the interview, Senator Capito shared her personal experience as a caretaker for her parents who struggled with Alzheimer’s disease, as... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today announced new mobile office dates and locations throughout West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle during the months of August and September. Members of Senator Capito’s staff will be available to provide constituents one-on-one assistance with casework and other issues they may be experiencing with federal agencies. Appointments are not required but are encouraged, and they can be made by visiting Senator... 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 Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) Health Education and Research Institute will receive $6,000,000, made available through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests she made.Specifically, this funding will be used to support construction of CAMC’s Stimulation Center, which will provide continued education for faculty, staff, and other... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $375,000 for three Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Programs across West Virginia. The funding comes from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and will be used to mobilize communities to prevent and combat youth substance use.“I have often said that community based solutions are among the most effective in our... Read More

FAIRMONT, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today made several stops in Marion County, where she visited a local small business and delivered the keynote address at the Marion County Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner.Senator Capito visited TMC Technologies, a leading-edge technology services small business that provides collaboration in the space, defense, justice, cybersecurity, energy, and natural resources/climate sectors. During the stop, Senator Capito toured the... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today hosted U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams in Charleston, W.Va. for meetings focused on alleviating regulatory delays to critical projects across the state. At a recent EPW Committee hearing, Ranking Member Capito secured a commitment from Director Williams to visit West Virginia and address these ongoing issues.During... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to Boone Memorial Hospital and West Virginia University (WVU) to help combat the drug epidemic in West Virginia. The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program provides critical funding to rural health organizations to address and prevent substance use... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $162,155 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for West Virginia University (WVU). The funding is available through the National Digital Newspaper Program and will support preserving and digitizing historic news publications at WVU.“It’s important that we preserve our history, and that includes establishing a... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $221,419 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for two West Virginia housing authorities to help provide quality housing for all West Virginians. This funding will specifically support households that include a non-elderly person with disabilities.“While it is important that we create communities where... Read More

KANAWHA/BRAXTON COUNTIES, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today traveled to Kanawha and Braxton counties where she met with higher-education leaders and visited a local food bank.First, Senator Capito visited the University of Charleston (UC) where she met with President Marty Roth and Vice President Gail Carter. During the visit, Senator Capito received a tour of the campus to learn about new additions, and discussed with the UC leadership recent Congressionally... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), along with Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), sent a letter to Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), pressing for additional assistance to combat drug-trafficking in the Appalachian region.While some counties in West Virginia have seen a slight decline in overdose deaths,... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,200,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Contract Tower (FCT) Program for the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport. The funding was made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and will support repairs and upgrades to the airport’s tower. “Improving the quality, capacity,... Read More

 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced four grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support first responders and address substance use disorder treatment, prevention, and mental health needs.“We must continue to provide our communities in West Virginia with the resources they need to offer innovative, community-based solutions... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — 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, announced that McDowell and Raleigh counties will be included in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative.This initiative will be piloted in 11... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Last week, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, introduced the Grant to Rapidly Invest and Deploy Broadband, or GRID Broadband Act, a pioneering proposal that would provide a robust new federal cost-share to spur investment in a nationwide middle mile backbone along the nation’s existing... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that Concord University will receive $1,600,000, made available through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests she made.Specifically, this funding will be used to support the renovation of existing facilities at Concord’s main campus to provide a permanent home for their new school of professional nursing. In total, Senator Capito secured... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – 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 two Department of Transportation (DOT) Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants to support infrastructure improvement projects in Morgantown and Wheeling.  “Today’s grant announcement is... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that Bluefield State University will receive $300,000, which was made available through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests she made.Specifically, the funding will be used to increase healthcare workforce training capacity at Bluefield State’s Medical Arts Education Center, located in the Bluefield Regional Medical Center. In total,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the below statement today after voting against a reckless tax-and-spending spree package, which Democrats passed on a party-line vote by circumventing regular order.“Senate Democrats just voted to raise taxes on working families, kill West Virginia's coal industry, and empower the IRS to spend more time snooping around Main Street. At a time of record inflation, it’s inexplicable for them to repeat the... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito’s floor remarks. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Early this morning, the Senate voted on an amendment filed by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, to the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spending bill that would have enacted strong permitting reforms aimed at reducing burdensome regulations currently delaying key energy and infrastructure projects... Read More