WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a hearing (https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2026/2/identifying-and-addressing-cybersecurity-challenges-to-protect-america-s-water-infrastructure) to examine the cybersecurity challenges impacting American water infrastructure and to identify opportunities to improve water sector cybersecurity.
During the hearing, Chairman Capito asked Dr. Scott Simonton, a Fellow at Marshall University's Institute for Cyber Security, about the use of circuit riders to contribute additional expertise to water systems in West Virginia. She a...