Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a group of 17 bipartisan colleagues, led by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), in sending a letter to President Joe Biden calling on him to enforce current law and act against Iran’s illicit oil trade through sanctions. The senators also encouraged support for proposed legislation pending in the U.S. Senate.  In the period between Hamas’s brutal assault against Israel on October 7th and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the below statement on the national security supplemental funding bill text that was unveiled tonight.“I have said repeatedly that I am supportive of efforts to craft a national security supplemental that assists our allies abroad, such as Israel and Ukraine, as well as the national security challenges we face here at home. The border is one of those challenges. In order to... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Energy (DOE), Agriculture (USDA), and Transportation (DOT), as well as the National Science Foundation (NSF), to support public health, infrastructure initiatives, rural economic development, and academic research projects in West Virginia. HHS FUNDING: Senator Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate... Read More

To watch Senator Capito’s remarks, click here or on the image above. 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 (Labor-HHS), joined a press conference with her colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with U.S. Senators, Joni Ernst... Read More

Click here or on the image above to watch Senator Capito’s floor speech. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, delivered remarks on the Senate Floor in support of Israel and its right to self-defense following the terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023. During her remarks, Senator Capito discussed Iran’s role in the escalating violence in the Middle East, the Biden administration’s failure... Read More

**To watch the full press conference, click here or on the image above.** WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, 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 (Labor-HHS), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), as well as U.S. Reps. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) and Mike Carey (R-Ohio), reintroduced the Credit for Caring Act. This bill would provide up to a $5,000 federal tax credit for eligible... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the below statement after reviewing the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) initial findings for the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center Mail Processing Facility Review (MPFR). Senator Capito has remained active on this issue, and has spoken personally with Postmaster General DeJoy and other local officials on the matter. “I have reviewed USPS’s initial findings of the Processing and Distribution Center 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 that West Virginia’s request for a major disaster declaration after heavy rains caused flooding, landslides, mudslides, and residential damage in Boone, Calhoun, Clay, Harrison, and Kanawha counties in late August 2023, has been approved. Last November, Senator Capito urged President Joe Biden and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito’s questions. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) participated in a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing titled, “Avoiding, Detecting, and Capturing Methane Emissions from Landfills.” HIGHLIGHTS: ON UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT CHALLENGES FACING MUNICIPAL AND PRIVATE LANDFILLS: RANKING MEMBER CAPITO: “I addressed in my opening statement some of the concerns from small municipal... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito’s opening remarks from the committee hearing. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, “Avoiding, Detecting, and Capturing Methane Emissions from Landfills.” Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. “Thank you Mr. Chairman. And thanks for holding the hearing. “Welcome to our panel of witnesses.Thanks for your willingness... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – 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 (Labor-HHS), along with U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), led a bipartisan group of 57 senators in a letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), expressing their continued... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Town of Worthington, W.Va. to upgrade its water distribution infrastructure. This award, which was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made solely by Senator Capito, will be used to replace... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) launched a bipartisan inquiry into delays veterans are facing between referral dates and scheduled medical appointments at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community care locations nationwide. The inquiry – led by U.S. Senators Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) – urges the VA to fully implement U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recommendations to improve program timeliness and efficiency.... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – This week, 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 (Labor-HHS), joined a bicameral group of Congressional Republicans in sending a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an investigation into the Biden administration’s failure to properly implement the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) program, delaying... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 13 of her Senate colleagues in urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to complete its investigation into the health care industry’s most powerful prescription drug middlemen: Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). This bipartisan effort, led by U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), includes requesting a status update on the investigation, which has now been open for over 18 months. “We... Read More

Click here or on the image above to watch Senator Capito’s floor speech. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, delivered remarks on the Senate Floor highlighting the failures of President Biden’s three years in the White House. Saturday, January 20, marked the third anniversary of President Biden’s inauguration.During her remarks, Senator Capito outlined the consequences of the Biden administration’s border... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito’s questions. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today at a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing, Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) discussed ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New Chemicals Program with Dr. Michal Freedhoff, assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. HIGHLIGHTS: COLLABORATING TO IMPROVE EPA’S NEW... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito’s opening remarks from the committee hearing. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, “Oversight of Toxic Substances Control Act Amendments Implementation,” which featured testimony from Dr. Michal Freedhoff, assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. Below is the opening statement of Ranking... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Science Foundation (NSF), to support public health, environmental cleanup, infrastructure, research, and education programs in West Virginia. HHS FUNDING: Senator Capito, Ranking Member of the... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), hosted a West Virginia Farm Bill Priorities Roundtable in Morgantown, W.Va. with U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-Ark), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. Senator Boozman is one of the primary authors of the upcoming Farm Bill.During the roundtable, the senators were joined by West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt, as well as state leaders from a variety of agricultural... Read More