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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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Apr 16, 2024

I will continue to prioritize fostering NIH collaboration with smaller and more rural States.

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Apr 16, 2024

Alzheimer's and dementia related research must remain a national priority.

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Apr 16, 2024

Investments in biomedical research are so important for the future of our country.

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Apr 16, 2024

Thank you for being here today, but also congratulations on your fairly new role as NIH Director.

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Apr 16, 2024

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

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Apr 16, 2024

The best way to keep our retirees as they move into their senior years in the best possible position, is to have the maximum financial benefit accrue to their plans.

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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?

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Apr 16, 2024

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

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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.

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Apr 16, 2024

This is not complicated, the University of Florida is not a daycare, and we do not treat protesters like children.

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Apr 16, 2024

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

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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.

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

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Apr 16, 2024

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

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Apr 15, 2024

Healthcare delivery systems in rural America are still very difficult and underfunded; we have the lowest life expectancies in rural America.

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Apr 15, 2024

In my view, the best way to keep our retirees... is to have the maximum financial benefit accrue to their plans.

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Apr 15, 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?

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Apr 15, 2024

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

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Apr 15, 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 15, 2024

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

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