--- type: Person title: "Shelley Moore Capito" description: "U.S. Senate - WV — State of West Virginia" role: "U.S. Senate - WV" party: "R" level: "federal" branch: "legislative" state: "WV" leadership: - role: "Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair" body: "S" since: "2025-01-03" committees: - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/commerce-justice-science-and-related-agencies" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Defense" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-defense" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Homeland Security" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-homeland-security" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-interior-environment-and-related-agencies" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies" role: "chair" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/departments-of-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-and-related-agencies" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/transportation-housing-and-urban-development-and-related-agencies" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Aviation, Space, and Innovation" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/aviation-space-and-innovation" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/consumer-protection-technology-and-data-privacy" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/surface-transportation-freight-pipelines-and-safety" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Telecommunications and Media" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/telecommunications-and-media" - name: "Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works" role: "chair" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works" - name: "Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/chemical-safety-waste-management-environmental-justice-and-regulatory-oversight" - name: "Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/clean-air-climate-and-nuclear-innovation-and-safety" - name: "Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/fisheries-wildlife-and-water" - name: "Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Transportation and Infrastructure" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/transportation-and-infrastructure" - name: "Senate Committee on Rules and Administration" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/rules-and-administration" tenure: start: "2025-01-03" current: true election: next: 2026 term_length: 6 term_limit: "none" ids: person: "875f8cb0-6ec9-4896-ab04-7c334c15bc8b" office: "c220f758-1ed9-4349-a5a8-2ded291f9730" tenure: "3024a821-26de-41b0-b599-87b892030f90" jurisdiction: "c8addb1c-2fb0-4fb1-9dfd-d5de8bb8b211" bioguide: "C001047" sources: - field: tenure source: "Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20" - field: jurisdiction source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction" - field: roles source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)" confidence: official tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, wv] timestamp: "2026-07-04" --- # Shelley Moore Capito Current U.S. Senate - WV (State of West Virginia). ## Leadership - Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair (since 2025-01-03) ## Committees - [Senate Committee on Appropriations](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/commerce-justice-science-and-related-agencies.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Defense](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-defense.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Homeland Security](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-homeland-security.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-interior-environment-and-related-agencies.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/departments-of-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-and-related-agencies.md) — **chair** - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/transportation-housing-and-urban-development-and-related-agencies.md) - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation.md) - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Aviation, Space, and Innovation](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/aviation-space-and-innovation.md) - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/consumer-protection-technology-and-data-privacy.md) - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/surface-transportation-freight-pipelines-and-safety.md) - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Telecommunications and Media](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/telecommunications-and-media.md) - [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works.md) — **chair** - [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/chemical-safety-waste-management-environmental-justice-and-regulatory-oversight.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/clean-air-climate-and-nuclear-innovation-and-safety.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/fisheries-wildlife-and-water.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Transportation and Infrastructure](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/transportation-and-infrastructure.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Rules and Administration](/us/bodies/senate/committees/rules-and-administration.md) ## Sources - tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20 - jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction - roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project) Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).