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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), reintroduced legislation to enhance telehealth support for seniors and increase access to technology for "virtual visits" during the coronavirus pandemic. The Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors (ACCESS) Act would help protect older Americans from risking exposure to the virus when accessing remote health care and connecting with loved ones.“The... Read More

To watch the interview, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined FOX News’ Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino on “America’s Newsroom” where she discussed the Republican COVID-19 relief proposal. Senator Capito and nine other Senate Republicans unveiled their proposal yesterday ahead of meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss the package in more detail.Full text of the ten Republican Senator’s COVID-19 relief proposal is... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $630,480 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help health centers provide care for minority West Virginians diagnosed with hypertension, or high blood pressure.“Our health centers in West Virginia play such an important role in providing accessible services to those struggling with hypertension and heart health.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $14,193,577 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) provide children across West Virginia with access to vaccinations.“Vaccines are crucial in protecting the health of all West Virginians, especially our children,” said Senator... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committees, today issued the below statement after voting to confirm Mayor Pete Buttigieg to serve as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT):“Today, I cast my vote to confirm Pete Buttigieg as the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. In our conversations and during his... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following their more than two-hour meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss their COVID-19 relief proposal, the group of 10 Republican Senators—including U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)—released this statement:“It was an excellent meeting, and we are very appreciative that in his first official meeting in the Oval Office, President Biden chose to spend so much time with us discussing the response to the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), joined by fellow senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Bob Casey (D-Penn.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Representative Matt Cartwright (D-Penn.) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral COVID-19 Mine Worker Protection Act which would require the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to issue an emergency temporary standard requiring mine operators to... Read More

Click HERE for details on the proposal WASHINGTON, D.C. – The group of 10 Republican Senators—including U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)—unveiled the details of their COVID-19 relief proposal this morning. At the president’s invitation, the group will meet with President Joe Biden this afternoon at the White House to discuss the proposal in further detail.“Mr. President, we recognize your calls for unity and want to work in good faith... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This evening, a group of 10 Republican Senators—including U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)—accepted an invitation from President Joe Biden to come to the White House to discuss their COVID-19 relief proposal. “We appreciate the president’s quick response to our letter, and we are pleased to accept his invitation to the White House tomorrow afternoon to discuss the path forward for the sixth bipartisan COVID-19 relief... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, along with nine of her Republican colleagues wrote to President Joe Biden today to propose an alternative COVID-19 relief proposal that they believe is capable of garnering bipartisan support. The group also requested a meeting with the president to discuss the proposal in detail. The letter’s signatories include Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Bill... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $9,102,145 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) awards to 21 different organizations across West Virginia. The Continuum of Care (CoC) awards were provided in the year-end stimulus package and help to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families in West Virginia.“Creating a... Read More

CHARLESTON. W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $8,904.38 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Independent Fire Co. No. 1 in Ranson, West Virginia. This funding was made available through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and other colleagues to reintroduce the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act, legislation that holds sanctuary jurisdictions accountable for failing to comply with lawful detainer and release notification requests made by federal authorities and jeopardizing public safety.The legislation creates a private right of civil action for the victims of sanctuary jurisdictions,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor voicing her concern with President Joe Biden’s recent climate Executive Orders.HIGHLIGHTS:SO MUCH FOR UNITY: “In his first actions, President Biden managed to kill thousands of jobs and paralyze America’s energy industry. His order yesterday put a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal lands. This is an economic, energy, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and other colleagues to introduce the Protecting our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act of 2021. The POWER Act would prohibit the president or his secretaries of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from blocking energy or mineral leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters without... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Representatives David McKinley (R-W.Va.), Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), and Carol Miller (R-W.Va.) sent a letter to the Biden administration urging its prioritization of West Virginia in the next round of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Specifically, the letter cites West Virginia’s record for successful vaccine distribution and the high number of at-risk West Virginians as... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and several other colleagues to reintroduce legislation to help businesses comply with immigration laws by certifying the legal status of their workforce. 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 prospective... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,648,653 from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) to assist the state of West Virginia in distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Specifically, this funding will be used to reimburse costs associated with emergency protective measures taken to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $600,000 from the U.S Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology to the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) at West Virginia University (WVU). The WVU MEP program works with small and midsize U.S. manufacturing companies to provide technological assistance and other services to help increase... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of Environment and Public Works Committee, joined a Senate resolution that expresses the need for the U.S. Senate to stand with workers, farmers, manufacturers, and businesses by upholding the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection rule, which replaced the Obama-era Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. “The Navigable Waters Protection Rule is sound environmental policy... Read More