Political Quotes

Shelley Moore Capito

The Public Record

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.

Quotes by year · 2001–20261,623 total · peak 2026 (348)
2001: 6 quotes2004: 2 quotes2005: 3 quotes2006: 13 quotes2007: 9 quotes2008: 5 quotes2009: 8 quotes2010: 15 quotes2011: 36 quotes2012: 34 quotes2013: 15 quotes2014: 46 quotes2015: 175 quotes2016: 111 quotes2017: 121 quotes2018: 102 quotes2019: 1 quote2020: 3 quotes2021: 124 quotes2022: 87 quotes2023: 269 quotes2024: 80 quotes2025: 10 quotes2026: 348 quotes
May 17, 2023

Did you have public comment on that guidance?

congress.gov
May 17, 2023

What is the statutory authority that you would move in this direction?

congress.gov
May 17, 2023

Agencies blow by their timelines.

congress.gov
May 17, 2023

Which has not been implemented over at the Federal Highways sufficiently to make those projects go.

congress.gov
May 17, 2023

Did you have public comment on that guidance?

congress.gov
May 17, 2023

What is the statutory authority that you would move in this direction?

congress.gov
May 17, 2023

The CEQ guidance follows a trend of Federal agencies using guidance to try to force policy or regulatory changes outside the rulemaking process and without congressional authorities.

congress.gov
May 17, 2023

Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act will provide critical funding to help communities implement and expand programs.

congress.gov
May 16, 2023

Thank you, Chairman Carper, and thank you, Director Williams for being here.

congress.gov
May 16, 2023

Thank you, Chairman Carper, and thank you, Director Williams for being here.

congress.gov
May 16, 2023

We have just got to press harder here because this is a national disaster.

congress.gov
May 16, 2023

The CEQ guidance follows a trend of Federal agencies using guidance to try to force policy or regulatory changes outside the rulemaking process and without congressional authorities.

congress.gov
May 16, 2023

Which has not been implemented over at the Federal Highways sufficiently to make those projects go.

congress.gov
May 16, 2023

Did you have public comment on that guidance?

congress.gov
May 16, 2023

Agencies blow by their timelines.

congress.gov
May 16, 2023

What is the statutory authority that you would move in this direction?

congress.gov
May 16, 2023

Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act

congress.gov
May 15, 2023

Thank you, Chairman Carper, and thank you, Director Williams for being here.

congress.gov
May 15, 2023

I think it is just horrifying what we see happening. I understand we have a demand issue; I understand we need to work on prevention.

congress.gov
May 15, 2023

I come from the State that has the largest amount of overdose deaths per capita than any other State in the Union, and a lot of this is directly attributable to fentanyl.

congress.gov
May 11, 2023

I hope Senator--former Senator Lamar Alexander is listening to this, because he talked about it, as you know, all the time.

congress.gov
May 11, 2023

I think it was used in the past for some loan forgiveness, but that I don't think is the intent of the Student Aid Administration Funding formula.

congress.gov
May 11, 2023

You need to move up. And so, my quick question is, on the short-term Pell.

congress.gov
May 11, 2023

We cannot reset the bar here. In other words, the baseline can't go down to where we are.

congress.gov
May 11, 2023

I think one thing that I have known through the pandemic, and I think we have all learned, is clear communication is absolutely critical.

congress.gov

Politicians like Shelley Moore Capito