Shelley Moore Capito

Shelley Moore Capito

Shelley Moore Capito is a Republican senator from West Virginia who entered the Senate in 2015 after seven terms in the U.S. House. Her official biography records earlier service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and work in higher-education counseling and administration.

Capito currently chairs the Senate Republican Policy Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Her official biography also lists Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Rules and Administration among her committee assignments.

This review treats those offices as institutional public record. Policy arguments, endorsements and family relationships are not treated as evidence of wrongdoing absent a specific, independently testable claim.

Current / reviewed roles

• Chair, Senate Republican Policy Committee
• Chair, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
• U.S. Senator from West Virginia

Current and reviewed institutional roles

• Senate Committee on Appropriations
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
• Senate Committee on Rules and Administration