Letter from Shelley
Friends and Colleagues,
As the Ranking Member of the Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee, I had the honor of welcoming Roane County native Amy Weintraub to join me in Washington this week to testify in front of the subcommittee about her work with Charleston’s Covenant House. Meanwhile, Congress continued debate about the State Children’s Health Insurance Program in light of the President’s decision to veto a bill that would reauthorize the program.
Roane County Native Testified to Congress
Amy Weintraub is the executive director of Charleston’s Covenant House, where she has been a strong advocate for issues facing the homeless community in West Virginia. I invited Amy to testify before our committee as we consider important legislation about how to best address and assist America’s growing homeless population.
She provided important input to our committee’s discussion and ensured that West Virginia’s voice was heard. I appreciate her willingness to take time out of her busy schedule to help Congress address this important issue.
Debate on Children’s Health Insurance Continues
This week brought disappointing news in the ongoing debate about the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The President made good on his promise to veto a bill that would reauthorize the program, creating an unfortunate setback to a bill that received bipartisan support in both houses of Congress.
Even more unfortunate is the overly-politicized debate that has followed. Some of my Congressional colleagues have tried to use this debate to score political points instead of having a meaningful discussion. Logical people can come to different conclusions about this legislation, but to play politics with West Virginia’s children is not the answer.
Congress will certainly go back to the drawing board, and I hope we can come to an agreement quickly. Supporting Mountain State children is an issue on which we all can agree.
Sincerely,
Member of Congress
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Roane County Native Testifies Before Congressional Committee
WASHINGTON, October 5, 2007 – Rep. Capito with Amy Weintraub, the executive director of the Covenant House in Charleston. Weintraub testified Thursday before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...
Charleston Woman Testifies on Capitol Hill
WSAZ Online
Laurabree Austin
October 4, 2007
It was an exciting day for one Charleston woman who left the Capitol city -- to head to the U.S. Capitol.
Amy Weintraub, the Executive Director of the Covenant House, spoke today on Capitol Hill. The focus was homelessness -- specifically, the re-authorization of the McKinney - Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
Weintraub was asked to speak by Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito. She was given five minutes to speak and called part the legislation “beautiful”, while saying other parts were “flawed”.
Weintraub said it was also very interesting to also hear others testify.
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She was always a Blue Devil
Charleston Daily Mail
October 3, 2007
DURHAM, N.C. -- When she was in the second grade at Holz Elementary School, Shelley Capito wrote on a list of goals that in 10 years she wanted to be at Duke.
That might have seemed a little out of the ordinary for the typical elementary school student in Charleston, W.Va., but Capito already was a hardcore Blue Devil.
Capito's mother graduated from Duke, and Shelley still has pictures of herself in Duke baby clothes. When she reached John Adams Middle School, she headed to basketball camp at Duke, and then saw both of her older brothers enroll at the university.
Capito developed into an All-State volleyball player while at George Washington High and came to Durham to attend Coach Jolene Nagel's summer volleyball camp. But that wasn't a recruiting tool in her mind, because she had always wanted to go there.
"Duke has definitely been a part of my life for as long as I can remember," Capito said.
Capito is now a senior reserve defensive specialist for the Duke volleyball team, in line to become the fourth Blue Devil alumnus in her immediate family, following mom Shelley ('75), brother Charles ('03) and brother Moore (‘05).
What's not yet clear is if she will follow another family tradition by entering the political arena. Her mother has been a member of Congress since 2001, and her grandfather, Arch Moore, served three terms as the governor of West Virginia.
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