WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee, released the below statement following the Senate's passage of the Labor-HHS Appropriations Act. The legislation provides support to strengthen America's workforce and fund important health and education programs.

"As the chairman of the Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, I am proud to once again craft an effective bill that maintains provisions that are critical to the agencies my subcommittee oversees. This bill reflects the many priorities that will help West Virginians...