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Shelley Moore Capito

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Shelley Moore Capito is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia since January 2015. A member of the Republican Party, she is the first woman to represent West Virginia in the U.S. Senate. Prior to her Senate career, Capito served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015, representing West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Throughout her political career, she has focused on issues such as economic development, infrastructure, and healthcare.

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Jul 25, 2025

The programs are ones that enjoy longstanding, bipartisan support.

cbsnews.com
May 21, 2025

Forcing certain states and certain consumers to purchase a vehicle that they may not want or that they can't find.

cbsnews.com
May 20, 2025

Well, they already tried that.

nbcnews.com
May 19, 2025

I support the president's vision to right-size our government, but as you and I have discussed, I don't think eliminating NIOSH programs will accomplish that goal.

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May 12, 2025

Trump and the White House need to look at the Constitutionality of accepting the plane.

motherjones.com
May 12, 2025

Need to look at the constitutionality

vox.com
Feb 20, 2025

West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito has likewise protested cuts—her disproportionately low-income state is among the most dependent on federal spending.

thenation.com
Feb 19, 2025

West Virginians know West Virginia best. They can formulate what's going to work.

newsweek.com
Sep 11, 2024

As the Presiding Officer knows, today marks 23 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our Nation. Although we are now over two decades removed from one of the greatest tragedies in our Nation's history, the memories remain in our minds…

govinfo.gov
May 1, 2024

Thank you, Chairman Carper. Thank you for holding this business meeting.

congress.gov
May 1, 2024

Thank you, Chairman Carper. Thank you for holding this business meeting.

congress.gov
Apr 30, 2024

Thank you, Chairman Carper. Thank you for holding this business meeting.

congress.gov
Apr 30, 2024

We all know that we will need significantly more reliable electric generation with the projected rapid growth in energy demand.

congress.gov
Apr 16, 2024

In my opinion, this really politicizes a really important part of our financial fabric in this country.

congress.gov
Apr 16, 2024

I mean, how do you justify a 65 percent increase in this when it was just increased, I guess, what, 4 years ago under the Trump administration?

congress.gov
Apr 16, 2024

This rule pressures financial experts to shift potential gains away from American retirees, and into the White House's radical climate agenda.

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Apr 16, 2024

The Department of Labor should be focused on workforce training and creating new jobs, not mandating new burdens.

congress.gov
Apr 16, 2024

West Virginia needs fewer inefficient and expensive regulations and more job creation.

congress.gov
Apr 16, 2024

No student should feel unsafe on their campus, yet just last week Columbia University had to move classes online.

congress.gov
Apr 16, 2024

I appreciate the somewhat tempered approach this year compared to the previous budgets.

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Apr 16, 2024

I am hopeful that we will, once again, be able to come together and produce a bipartisan 2025 bill.

congress.gov
Apr 16, 2024

I am concerned that this budget attempts to go around the FRA, the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

congress.gov
Apr 16, 2024

We have got to do better here. I mean, we are really losing a generation.

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