WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has approved $32,235,629 to the West Virginia Department of Economic Development to provide matching funds for the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito's opening remarks from the hearing. Today, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), held a hearing to review the president's Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Martin O'Malley raising concerns that SSA beneficiaries would have difficulty accessing benefit services following a decision to close SSA offices nationwide during business hours. Senator Capito is the Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Educ  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin joined his bipartisan colleagues in introducing a resolution to recognize and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Border Patrol on May 28, 2024. "The U.S. Border Patrol is a world-class force made of over 19,000 agents and 3,000 professional staff," said Senator Manchin. "I commend the brave men and women who work tirelessly every day to safeguard the American peo  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) spoke at the 4th annual GameChanger Prevention Education Dinner at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs. GameChanger is a substance use prevention movement connecting West Virginia students and educators with the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation to build safe school environments free from drug use. Senator Manchin was joined by actress and philanthropist  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mike Rounds (R-SD), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor's application for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. On May 20, 2024, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced applications for arres  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), along with U.S. Representatives Carol Miller (R-W.Va.) and Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), wrote a letter to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator Carole Johnson, urging HRSA to adequately include terrain factors in their definition of rural. This classification determines communities' eligibility t  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), along with U.S. Representatives Carol Miller (R-WV) and Alex Mooney (R-WV), wrote a letter to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator Carole Johnson, urging HRSA to adequately include terrain factors in their definition of rural. This classification determines communities' eligibility to receive certain fed  more