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KANAWHA/BRAXTON COUNTIES, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today traveled to Kanawha and Braxton counties where she met with higher-education leaders and visited a local food bank.First, Senator Capito visited the University of Charleston (UC) where she met with President Marty Roth and Vice President Gail Carter. During the visit, Senator Capito received a tour of the campus to learn about new additions, and discussed with the UC leadership recent Congressionally... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), along with Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), sent a letter to Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), pressing for additional assistance to combat drug-trafficking in the Appalachian region.While some counties in West Virginia have seen a slight decline in overdose deaths,... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,200,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Contract Tower (FCT) Program for the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport. The funding was made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and will support repairs and upgrades to the airport’s tower. “Improving the quality, capacity,... Read More

 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced four grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support first responders and address substance use disorder treatment, prevention, and mental health needs.“We must continue to provide our communities in West Virginia with the resources they need to offer innovative, community-based solutions... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that McDowell and Raleigh counties will be included in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative.This initiative will be piloted in 11... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Last week, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, introduced the Grant to Rapidly Invest and Deploy Broadband, or GRID Broadband Act, a pioneering proposal that would provide a robust new federal cost-share to spur investment in a nationwide middle mile backbone along the nation’s existing... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that Concord University will receive $1,600,000, made available through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests she made.Specifically, this funding will be used to support the renovation of existing facilities at Concord’s main campus to provide a permanent home for their new school of professional nursing. In total, Senator Capito secured... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced two Department of Transportation (DOT) Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants to support infrastructure improvement projects in Morgantown and Wheeling.  “Today’s grant announcement is... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that Bluefield State University will receive $300,000, which was made available through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests she made.Specifically, the funding will be used to increase healthcare workforce training capacity at Bluefield State’s Medical Arts Education Center, located in the Bluefield Regional Medical Center. In total,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the below statement today after voting against a reckless tax-and-spending spree package, which Democrats passed on a party-line vote by circumventing regular order.“Senate Democrats just voted to raise taxes on working families, kill West Virginia's coal industry, and empower the IRS to spend more time snooping around Main Street. At a time of record inflation, it’s inexplicable for them to repeat the... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito’s floor remarks. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Early this morning, the Senate voted on an amendment filed by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, to the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spending bill that would have enacted strong permitting reforms aimed at reducing burdensome regulations currently delaying key energy and infrastructure projects... Read More

Click here or the image above to watch Senator Capito’s floor remarks. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, the Senate voted on an amendment filed by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, to the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spending bill that would strike a provision that provides the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $45 million to use eight different sections of the Clean Air Act to regulate... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor in favor of S.J. Res. 55, a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) nullifying burdensome permitting regulations by the Biden administration. The resolution, authored by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), passed despite opposition from 47 Senate Democrats.Below is the floor... Read More

To watch the interview, click here or the image above.  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Bloomberg TV’s Balance of Power to discuss her continued opposition to Democrats’ partisan reckless tax-and-spending spree and the negative consequences it would have on West Virginia and the economy.HIGHLIGHTS:WHAT WEST VIRGINIANS ARE SAYING: “I mean, when I go to the grocery store in West Virginia, I hear about it every day. People are... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an op-ed published today in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) wrote about the current Democrat proposal to raise taxes, spend hundreds of billions of dollars, crush American manufacturing and coal, and empower the IRS to target more small businesses and individuals in the midst of record inflation and a recession.“So, what’s in this version of Build Back Better? In addition to repeating the same mistakes Democrats... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the below statement today after voting, along with an overwhelming majority of the Senate, to approve the accession of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).“Today’s vote to approve the accession of Finland and Sweden into NATO reinforces the strongest military alliance in world history. With their robust economies, modern militaries, and strategic locations, Finland and Sweden... Read More

To watch the interview, click here or the image above.  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning to discuss how raising taxes, spending hundreds of billions of dollars, supersizing the IRS, and implementing Green New Deal provisions would be harmful to working West Virginians.HIGHLIGHTS:DEMOCRAT TAX HIKES, SPENDING HARMFUL TO WEST VIRGINIANS: “Well, I think the overall impact to our state is... Read More

To watch Senator Capito’s questioning, 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, today participated in a subcommittee hearing on the future of spectrum. During the hearing, Senator Capito discussed how tax increases included in the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spending bill will delay efforts to close the digital divide in rural communities like... Read More

To watch Senator Capito’s remarks, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today joined a group of her colleagues to urge every senator to support a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution nullifying burdensome permitting regulations by the Biden administration, and to call on Democrats to release exact legislative text of their supposed agreement on... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), together with Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate Recycling Caucus, last week led the Senate to pass the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act and the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act by unanimous consent. Senators Capito and Carper introduced the bipartisan bills earlier this... Read More