Senator Shelley Capito
Republican · WV (Senate) · Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair
Basics
- Chamber
- senate
- Party
- Republican
- State
- WV
- Class
- —
- Rank
- senior
Contact & office
- Office
- 170 Russell Senate Office Building
- Address
- 170 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Identifiers
- Bioguide
- C001047
- OSID
- N00009771
- C-SPAN
- 83737
- PVS
- —
Committees
- Aviation, Space, and Innovation (Member)
- Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight (Ex Officio)
- Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety (Ex Officio)
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (Member)
- Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy (Member)
- Department of Defense (Member)
- Department of Homeland Security (Member)
- Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (Member)
- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (Chair)
- Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water (Ex Officio)
- Senate Committee on Appropriations (Member)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Member)
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (Chair)
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (Member)
- Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety (Member)
- Telecommunications and Media (Member)
- Transportation and Infrastructure (Ex Officio)
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (Member)
Sponsored bills (recent)
- S. 3472 — National Strategy for School Security Act of 2025 · 2025-12-15
- S.Res. 537 — A resolution honoring the service and sacrifice of United States Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and United States Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, who were tragically shot in Washington, D.C., in a targeted assault against United States service members on November 26, 2025. · 2025-12-09
- S.J.Res. 96 — A joint resolution requesting the Secretary of the Interior to authorize unique and one-time arrangements for displays on the National Mall and the Washington Monument during the period beginning on December 31, 2025, and ending on January 5, 2026. · 2025-11-19
- S. 3209 — NOPAIN for Veterans Act · 2025-11-19
- S. 2621 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes. · 2025-07-31
- S. 2587 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 · 2025-07-31
- S.Res. 294 — A resolution designating the week of May 18 through May 24, 2025, as “National Public Works Week”. · 2025-06-18
- S. 1960 — PEAKS Act · 2025-06-05
- S. 1843 — Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025 · 2025-05-21
- S.J.Res. 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration relating to “Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles; Compressed Hydrogen Storage System Integrity; Incorporation by Reference”. · 2025-05-19
Votes (recent)
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-04
- On the Nomination PN726-2: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri · Yea · 2026-02-04
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-04
- On the Nomination PN726-12: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska · Yea · 2026-02-04
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-03
- On the Nomination PN726-6: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas · Yea · 2026-02-03
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States … · Yea · 2026-02-03
- On the Nomination PN726-5: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas · Yea · 2026-02-03
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be Un… · Yea · 2026-02-02
- H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 · Yea · 2026-01-30
District / state context
- Population
- 1792967
- Median income
- 55217
- Poverty rate
- 16.8
- State
- West Virginia
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