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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today voted in favor of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, bipartisan legislation that makes significant investments in West Virginia and our nation’s core infrastructure. Ranking Member Capito served as the Republican floor manager throughout the debate process.Additionally, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is built around two... 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 $629,088 from the U.S. Department of Education to Marshall University for the Talent Search program. This program encourages and supports West Virginians from disadvantaged backgrounds to earn degrees in higher education.“West Virginia has some of the finest education institutions in the country, and it is important that we... 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 $1,016,923 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The funding will be used to support disaster-relief employment for eligible individuals to assist with cleanup after severe storms in February and March caused flooding and extensive waterway damage in southwestern areas of West Virginia.“The late-winter... 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 $640,201 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for two projects at West Virginia University (WVU). Specifically, $590,201 of this funding will be appropriated towards late-onset Alzheimer’s disease research, while the remaining $50,000 in funding will support genetic services in... 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 $4,871,040 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Head Start and Early Head Start programs across West Virginia.“West Virginia’s students deserve access to the resources and programs that put them on the best possible footing as they begin their education,” Senator Capito said. “Head Start... Read More

To watch the interview, 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 Bloomberg TV’s Balance of Power to discuss the latest on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.HIGHLIGHTS:ON WHERE THINGS STAND ON INFRASTRUCTURE BILL: “We are going to get it done. I think we have great bipartisan support. We've had 22 amendments that have been... Read More

To watch the interview, 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 Fox Business Network’s Kudlow to discuss the latest on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and also the Senate Democrats’ reckless tax and spending spree.HIGHLIGHTS:ON GENERATING AMERICAN ENERGY: “I think that by having a vibrant infrastructure package that modernizes America 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 a $100,000 grant from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for West Virginia University’s (WVU) College of Law as part of its selection for the 2021 Supplemental Application Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) program. The IRS’s LITC supplemental application expands coverage to states without a clinic, giving priority to... 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 $516,791 from the U.S. Department of Education to three higher education institutions across West Virginia. This funding is allocated through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund – FIPSE Competitive Program and will be used to prevent, prepare and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.“From colleges to universities,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Appropriations Committee, today participated in the first markup for the FY22 government funding measures, advancing the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies bill; the Energy and Water Development bill; and the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies bill. The three pieces of legislation passed out of the committee with bipartisan... 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 $6,653,952 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Violence and Injury Prevention Program: Overdose Data to Action program through the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). The Overdose Data to Action program helps collect data to better prevent and respond to overdose deaths in... 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 $1,370,490 for West Virginia through the Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers Program. This funding will help the state of West Virginia provide training and employment services to eligible workers affected adversely by foreign trade. “American jobs will always come first, and providing... Read More

Click here or on the image above to watch Senator Capito’s floor remarks.  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor highlighting the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the bipartisan core infrastructure agreement. The foundation of the agreement is based upon the EPW Committee’s Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act and the Drinking Water and Wastewater... 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 $982,665 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for two research projects at West Virginia University.“West Virginia University continues to be a national leader when it comes to research, technology, and developing and promoting STEM-related careers,” Senator Capito said. “Grants like this are crucial to the work... 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 $750,000 from NASA’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program to West Virginia University (WVU). This funding will support a project titled, “Adaptive and Scalable Data Compression for Deep Space Data Transfer Applications using Deep Learning.”“WVU and our other higher education... 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 $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to West Virginia State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), for environmental research. This project will study the impact of storms on the Kanawha River watershed.“Since its founding, West Virginia State University has been a leader in research,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) this week joined Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and a bipartisan group of House members in introducing legislation to reauthorize the Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department program at $10 million annually over five years. The ALTO program was created in 2018 by a Capito and Booker-led measure in the Senate that was included in the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led her Republicans colleagues on the committee in a letter to Michael Regan, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, and Jaime Pinkham, the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. The letter follows Ranking Member Capito’s previous letter looking for additional clarity on the decision to repeal and replace the 2020... Read More

Click here or on the image above to watch Senator Capito’s questions. WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today participated in a Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee hearing on three nominees to be members of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigations Board (CSB).HIGHLIGHTS:WEST VIRGINIA’S CHEMICAL JOBS:... Read More

To watch the interview, 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 America Reports on Fox News to discuss the progress on the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure legislation as well as the Democrats’ plans to tax and spend trillions of dollars in a separate, partisan spending bill.HIGHLIGHTS:ON BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL: “I've... Read More