Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement urging the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) to select West Virginia as a location for Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs). The Tech Hubs Program, created by the bipartisan CHIPS-Plus Act, is an economic development initiative designed to drive regional technology- and innovation-centric growth by strengthening a region’s capacity to manufacture,... 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 (Labor-HHS), announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support renovation and construction of health care and educational facilities, as well as support in the fight against opioids in West Virginia. These awards were secured through Congressionally Directed... 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 Justice (DOJ) to three West Virginia police departments and West Virginia University (WVU) Potomac State. These awards, which were secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made by Senator Capito, will be used to upgrade equipment, facilities, training, and security resources for police departments and the... 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 (Labor-HHS), announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support eight projects at West Virginia University (WVU) Hospitals, Inc., including WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital and the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI), as well as an award for the WVU Health... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito’s questions. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee,participated in a full committee hearing on federal building usage with witnesses from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the General Services Administration (GSA). HIGHLIGHTS: ON NEED TO HAVE A STANDARD UTILIZATION BENCHMARK FOR BUILDINGS: “So you're saying... 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 (Labor-HHS), announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority (KCEAA). This funding, which was secured through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests made solely by Senator Capito, will be used to construct three... 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 the General Services Administration: Examining the Federal Real Estate Portfolio.” Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome to our witnesses. I want to thank you for calling this... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee unanimously passed the Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2023, legislation authored by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, and Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, to reauthorize the Brownfields program, which supports redevelopment efforts at legacy industrial sites in local communities. “The Brownfields program has created success story after success... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced legislation to ensure that first responders and other essential community members have access to training on how to use life-saving overdose reversal drugs, like naloxone. The legislation, the Safe Response Act, invests in a critical grant program that allows states, local government entities, and Tribes to train and provide resources to first responders to... 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 a variety of federal departments and agencies to support health services, public safety, economic development, transportation, workforce development, logistics research, and environmental protection programs across West Virginia. HHS FUNDING: Senator Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,... Read More

NITRO, W.Va. — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Brenntag leadership, employees, local representatives, the Nitro Police Department, and residents of the community to cut the ribbon on completed upgrades to the Brenntag facility in Nitro, W.Va. Through major investments, Brenntag has installed new equipment to safely and efficiently provide clean drinking water throughout West Virginia.  “Brenntag has made substantial investments into West Virginia, and I’m honored to... 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), announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) Health Education and Research Institute, Inc. to support telenursing software upgrades, telemedicine expansion, and cardiology services integration. These awards,... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — On Sunday, September 24, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) hosted an Academy Day event at Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, W.Va. for West Virginia students interested in learning more about opportunities at the U.S. service academies and available Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) scholarships. During the event, various service academy admissions representatives and local ROTC scholarship program representatives were available to answer questions and... Read More

SISSONVILLE, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), today brought her West Virginia Girls Rise Up program to Sissonville Middle School to promote female empowerment, education, fitness, and self-confidence. Joining Senator Capito in hosting the Girls Rise Up event were West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Beth Walker and Justice Haley Bunn. Fifth grade female students participated in the program, where they had the chance to hear from the women on their personal experience as... Read More

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — On Thursday, September 21, and Friday, September 22, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) visited West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle for several events in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. and Martinsburg, W.Va., including a visit to Route 522 for an onsite project update, a tour of The Martinsburg Initiative’s (TMI) Ramer Center, The Monument Companies’ (TMC) Interwoven Mill renovation project, and Commercial Metals Company’s (CMC) Falling Water’s construction site for their... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after the White House Office of Management and Budget announced new rules and procedures today that directs federal agencies to consider flawed “social cost of greenhouse gases” (SC-GHG) metrics when purchasing any goods or services, conducting the environmental review process for projects of all kinds, and levying climate... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Senator Capito’s questioning. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, participated in a full committee hearing on three nominees to be commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and one to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. During her questioning, Senator Capito highlighted the need for bipartisanship when deciding commission... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led 22 other senators, including every Republican on the EPW Committee, in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind its proposed particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). “The EPA’s proposal fails to consider several important factors that will make implementation of a lower annual standard extremely... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) introduced bipartisan legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and American icon Billie Jean King. The legislation is endorsed by the United States Tennis Association (USTA). The medal would be awarded in recognition of Billie Jean King’s groundbreaking leadership, throughout her life and career, in advancing equal rights for women in... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Josh Hawley’s (R-Mo.) bipartisan resolution to recognize September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease among children past infancy; in 2023, an estimated 9,910 children under the age of 14 will be diagnosed with cancer and about 1,040... Read More