Press Releases

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced $1,119,876.81 for the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC). This funding, which is through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will be used to reimburse costs accrued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic related to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $549,994 to West Virginia University (WVU) through the National Science Foundation (NSF), namely the EPSCoR program which the senator has long supported.  This funding will support research that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and personalize treatments for cancer patients to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) along with U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) reintroduced the National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act, which aims to unite the federal government in a mission to cure and prevent Parkinson’s, alleviate financial and health burdens on American families, and reduce government spending over time. Parkinson’s disease is the second most common... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act, legislation U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) co-sponsored, passed the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. Following the committee’s approval, the legislation can now be considered by the full Senate.“My work over the past several years on the impact PBMs are having on pharmacies in so many of our communities opened my eyes to the role these industry middlemen play in... Read More

**Click here to watch Ranking Member Capito’s opening statement.****Click here to watch Ranking Member Capito’s first round of questions.****Click here to watch Ranking Member Capito’s second round of questions.** WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, today questioned U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS)... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today voted during a committee markup to advance several of her legislative priorities: the NOTAM Improvement Act and the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act. Both pieces of legislation were approved and can now be considered and voted on by the full Senate.The NOTAM Improvement Act:Senator Capito introduced the NOTAM Improvement Act in January 2023... 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 Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that West Virginia University (WVU) will be awarded $176,143 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Specifically, the funding supports a project that aims to determine the social and structural predictors of delays in diagnosis of medical conditions with ambiguous symptoms.“WVU continues to be a... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), along with Representatives Daniel Meuser (R-Pa.-09) and David Trone (D-Md.-06) announced the introduction of the Family Support Services for Addiction Act. The legislation would provide $25 million in grant funding to help non-profits and community... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 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, announced $7,094,905 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for six programs that will support medical research and improve health care services across West Virginia.“It’s great that so many important initiatives across our state are receiving recognition and support from HHS,”... 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 that West Virginia was one of 15 states selected to receive a $1,000,000, one-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) planning grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).In 2024, up to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined her colleagues in reintroducing the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act—legislation led by U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would encourage physical activity and incentivize healthier living by allowing Americans to use a portion of the money saved in their pre-tax health savings account (HSA) and flexible spending account (FSA) toward qualified sports... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) yesterday reintroduced a resolution recognizing the significance of endometriosis as a chronic disease affecting millions of women and designating March 2023 as National Endometriosis Awareness Month. This resolution would also encourage the U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS), Defense (DOD), and Veterans Affairs (VA), to provide information on endometriosis to women, patients... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), yesterday introduced a comprehensive bill to help families across the country dealing with Alzheimer’s disease. The Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act would help the 95% of individuals with dementia that have one or more other chronic conditions, such as hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes.“As the number of individuals living with... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today announced $190,650 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) partnership program through the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).“West Virginians rely on our first responders in... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced $8,956,269 in federal funding to the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health. This funding, which is through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will be used to reimburse costs accrued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic related to testing and prevention. “West Virginia was quick to provide... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today announced $2,399,819 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for community health centers in Mill Creek, W.Va. and Belington, W.Va. This funding was made available through the department’s Health Center Cluster Grant program.“I’m glad to see this support headed to West Virginia to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today announced $9,352,225 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support vision research, maternal and child health services, increased allergy, immunology, and transplantation research, and Head Start programs in West Virginia. “I am glad to see HHS invest in these programs... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group of Senators a letter in sending a letter – led by Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) – urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to authorize a four-year extension of the Low Wage Index Hospital Policy. The extension would allow hospitals in rural areas to compete for, and retain,... 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