U.S. Senator · R Republican
Shelley Moore Capito
West Virginia
Shelley Moore Capito is a Republican U.S. Senator from West Virginia. She has served in the Senate since January 2015, and previously served in the House (2001–2015). She serves as Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair. She sits on the Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works committees and is Chairman of Environment and Public Works. Her seat is next on the ballot in November 2026.
Biography assembled from Congress.gov and congress-legislators records: office, service dates, leadership and committee assignments. Nothing else is inferred.
Committees
Senate Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittees: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies · Department of Defense · Department of Homeland Security · Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies · Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies · Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittees: Aviation, Space, and Innovation · Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy · Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety · Telecommunications and Media
Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksChairman
Subcommittees: Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight · Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety · Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife · Transportation and Infrastructure
Leadership
- Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair since 2025-01-03
Legislation sponsored
taught corpusNone of the taught corpus bills are sponsored by Shelley Moore Capito. See every bill they sponsored on Congress.gov.
In the news
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