WEST VIRGINIA RECORD

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Shelley Capito (R-W.Va.) has been particularly busy the past couple of weeks. Recently, Capito visited the White House, joining a bipartisan group of senators who met with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

CHARLESTON – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin joined representatives from the federally funded Appalachian Regional Commission and U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration in announcing $10 million in funding for nine projects aimed at revitalizing West Virginia communities suffering from the economic impacts of the coal industry downturn.

West Virginia's Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire recently joined in calling on the National Guard to change the way it apportions funds to address drug abuse epidemics in U.S. states.

Chief Judge Jay Hoke of Lincoln County Circuit Court will be traveling to Lexington, Kentucky, around the end of August, one of two West Virginians chosen to participate in the Council of State Governments' (CSG) Toll Fellowship Program, a six-day, five-night public leadership development workshop. Joining Hoke will be Robert Paulson of the West Virginia governor's office.

WASHINGTON – West Virginia's junior U.S. senator, Republican Shelley Capito, is at the forefront of a broad-spectrum movement to address the growing problem of opioid abuse and addiction in West Virginia and nationwide.