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Shelley (Shelley) Moore Capito (R)
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Capitol: 202.224.6472
FAX: 202.224.7665
District: 304.347.5372
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Senator
Room 170 RSOB- Russell Senate Office Building 2 Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510-4805
Residence: Charleston, WV
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| Elected: 2014 Next Election: 2026 | | Spouse: Charles Lewis Capito DOB: 11/26/1953 |
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| RM Member | Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works | | RM Member | Senate Subcommittee on Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies | | Co-Chair | Congressional Assisting Caregivers Today (ACT) Caucus | | Co-Chair | Congressional ENGINE Caucus | | Co-Chair | Diversifying Technology Caucus | | Co-Chair | America's Languages Caucus | | Co-Chair | Senate Broadband Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional America 250 Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Competitiveness Caucus | | FC Member | Common Sense Coalition | | FC Member | Senate Small Brewers Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Caucus on Infant Health and Safety | | FC Member | Congressional Hearing Health Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Cultural Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Afterschool Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues (Senate) | | FC Member | Senate India Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition | | FC Member | Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies | | FC Member | Senate Taiwan Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Boating Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Prayer Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies | | Member | Senate Committee on Rules and Administration | | FC Member | Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion | | Vice Chair | Roosevelt Conservation Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Caucus on Youth Sports | | FC Member | Senate Bipartisan Task for Combating Anti-Semitism | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime Freight, and Ports | | FC Member | Air Force Caucus (Senate) | | FC Member | Congressional Public Service Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense | | Member | Senate Committee on Appropriations | | FC Member | Paper and Packaging Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband | | Member | Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | | FC Member | Congressional Recycling Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Chemistry Caucus | | FC Member | United States Coast Guard Caucus | | FC Member | Friends of Australia Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Internet Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Manufactured Housing Caucus | | FC Member | Brain Injury Task Force | | FC Member | Arthritis Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus | | FC Member | Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE) | | FC Member | Congressional TRIO Caucus | | FC Member | Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease | | FC Member | Congressional Rare Disease Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Fire Services Caucus |
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BioWest Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito believes that today's challenges demand bipartisan solutions. She supports commonsense policies that promote economic growth, unleash energy potential, lift up working families, and build a better West Virginia for the next generation. Capito was born November 26, 1953 in Glen Dale, West Virginia. Capito went to Duke University (B.S.), and University of Virginia (M.Ed.) She serves on the following committees- Appropriations; Environment and Public Works; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Rules and Administration. From growing up in Glen Dale in the Northern Panhandle, to representing the 2nd Congressional District from the Ohio River up to the Eastern Panhandle, to raising her family in Charleston, Shelley knows the ins and outs of every region of the state. Early in life, Shelley saw how her father, Governor Arch Moore Jr., instituted changes to improve West Virginia-building up not only infrastructure and the economy but also families and state pride. It's that mindset that inspires her work today. Shelley first dedicated her professional life to serving students, working as a college counselor and advisor at West Virginia State College (now University). She worked closely with first-generation college students, fueling her passion for providing life-changing opportunity for all West Virginians. Shelley also served as director of the Educational Information Center for the West Virginia Board of Regents, helping to advise higher education policy for the state. Her work there only sharpened her skills to turn policy on paper to tangible results. While raising three kids, Shelley became more involved in her local community, representing Kanawha County in the West Virginia House of Delegates. In 2000, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she worked to spur growth by supporting community banks and freeing up capital to rural communities. She also worked extensively to expand transportation infrastructure throughout the state, most notably along Route 35. After seven terms representing the Second Congressional District, she ran for the United States Senate, hoping to be a stronger voice for the Mountain State and to restore order to a Senate stuck in gridlock for far too long. Shelley is the first female Senator in West Virginia's history and was elected with the largest margin of victory for a Republican in state history-winning more than 70 percent of the vote and all 55 counties, surpassing the previous mark she set in 2014 when she won more than 62 percent of the vote and all 55 counties. Shelley lives with her husband, Charlie, in Charleston. They are the proud parents of Charles (wife Laura), Moore, and Shelley (husband Colin), and even prouder grandparents of Celia, Charlie, Eliza, Rose, Arch, Macaulay, and Lewis and Thomas.
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