Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced they have led a bipartisan coalition of senators to reintroduce the Campus Accountability and Safety Act, legislation to combat sexual assault on college and university campuses by protecting students and by strengthening accountability and transparency for colleges and universities. They are reintroducing this legislation with Senators Maggie Hassan... 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, last week requested information from Barbara Stewart, CEO of Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), in regards to the Transformation and Sustainability Plan which would consolidate 46 state offices into eight regional offices, effectively closing the CNCS office in West Virginia. If enacted, West Virginia’s Senior Corps and... 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 Rainelle Medical Center will receive $2,092,044 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The center provides primary care services, preventative healthcare, including mammograms for uninsured women, and is the sole provider of treatment for Black Lung Disease in the region. “Our community health centers are... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – In an op-ed for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today outlines why the proposed Green New Deal would be catastrophic for West Virginia and the United States and highlights several ways Congress is already working in a commonsense way to address the nation’s environmental challenges. Senator Capito’s op-ed comes days after the Senate took a procedural vote to advance the resolution, which ultimately failed 0 to 57... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Appropriations Committee, today applauded the announcement that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Rural Health (ORH) selected the Hershel Woody Williams VA Medical Center as a pilot site for an Agriculture Training/Behavioral Healthcare Services program. The Hershel “Woody” Williams VAMC was one of ten pilot sites selected from across the nation for the program that will be known as... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Wa.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today introduced the bipartisan Improving HOPE (Health, Outcomes, Planning, and Education) for Alzheimer’s Act. Thanks to a successful bipartisan push by lawmakers, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in November 2016 that Medicare would begin covering new care plans in 2017, effectively implementing... 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 questioned senior officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Defense (DOD) regarding the federal government’s actions with respect to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). “I am encouraged by EPA’s action plan, adopting a holistic approach,” Senator Capito said. “But I am concerned that... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to boost nuclear energy innovation and ensure advanced reactors that can provide clean, safe, affordable, and reliable power to meet national and global energy needs. The Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA), aims to reestablish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy. It will bring together private- and public-sector innovators to develop next-generation advanced... Read More

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today presided over the subcommittee’s first hearing of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 to consider the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) budget request. USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz testified to explain the Coast Guard’s needs and priorities.  “The Coast Guard’s maritime law enforcement activities, including significant... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today reintroduced the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act, a bipartisan bill to phase out the use of harmful large mesh driftnets off the coast of California, the only place the nets continued to be used in the United States.Last year, California passed a four-year phase out of driftnets in state waters to protect marine life. The Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Bob Casey (D-Penn.), and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) today introduced the Younger-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Act to help the approximately 200,000 Americans suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. A companion bill was also introduced by U.S. Representatives Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) and Peter King (R-N.Y.). The bipartisan legislation would ensure the availability of programs and... Read More

   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), one of 25 female members of the Senate, today spoke on the Senate floor to highlight achievements of West Virginia women in celebration of Women’s History Month. As the first female senator from West Virginia, Senator Capito has prioritized inspiring the next generation of female leaders in West Virginia with her West Virginia Girls Rise Up program. “I’m really proud to represent the state... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)—along with Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)—today introduced bipartisan legislation to provide state and local law enforcement with high-tech devices to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan letter with nine Senate colleagues urging U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson to expedite the approval for the new NP-2000 propeller system to ensure the safety and readiness of the C-130H Air National Guard fleet.The Air National Guard safety and readiness has been negatively affected by the lack of urgency from the Air Force in upgrading the legacy propeller system of the C-130H. The West Virginia Air... 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 released the below statement after voting in opposition of the Green New Deal resolution. The procedural vote to advance the resolution failed 0 to 57, with 43 senators responding present.“There is no question that the Green New Deal is a bad deal for West Virginia families, workers, and businesses, and today’s vote makes it clear that policymakers... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today announced new mobile office dates throughout West Virginia for the week. 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 Capito’s mobile office page on her website.Mobile office schedule for... 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 $1,070,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for the West Virginia University (WVU) Research Corporation through HRSA’s Healthy Start Initiative. Funding aims to improve the health of mothers and children before, during, and after pregnancy through... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today released the following statement regarding Attorney General Bill Barr’s letter to Congress on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report: “It’s good to see Special Counsel Mueller back up what President Trump has said all along—neither he nor his campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. I’m satisfied the special counsel was able to complete... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today announced $1,006,774 for the Kanawha County Board of Education through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance program. Funding reimburses the board for temporary classrooms purchased as a result of the 2016 flooding that damaged Herbert Hoover High School. This announcement follows Senator Capito’s efforts to highlight the concerns of local officials... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and, members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $14,630,361 to West Virginia to combat the opioid epidemic. “The drug epidemic has devastated so many families and so many communities across West Virginia, and federal funding like this plays an important role in helping us fight back against the opioid... Read More