{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-capito-joins-the-hill-sunday-with-chris-stirewalt", "VIDEO: Capito Joins \u201cThe Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt\u201d", "2025-11-02", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "WV", "Shelley Moore Capito", "C001047", "www.capito.senate.gov", "capito", "https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "To watch Senator Capito\u2019s interview, click here or on the image above.\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of Senate Republican leadership, joined \u201cThe Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt\u201d on NewsNation.\n\nHIGHLIGHTS:\n\nON WHEN THE SHUTDOWN MIGHT END: \u201cWe only need five Democrats to come to their senses and say yes, reopen the government and then we can begin to negotiate. Setting that aside, which is very frustrating with the thirteen times we\u2019ve voted on this, I think with SNAP benefits expiring, I think the other side is looking at themselves and realizing there\u2019s forty million families and people across the nation that are really feeling that, along with the stoppages that you see at the airports. This isn\u2019t a political game anymore. This is hurting people and we need to reopen the government.\u201d\n\nON ACA PREMIUM SUBSIDIES: \u201cHealthcare is very personal, as you know, to every single family, so this is important. This is 74,000 West Virginians who have the subsidies. The enhances subsidies are smaller and were put into effect by the Democrats in 2022, meant to expire. Now, people are beginning to rely on them as we probably knew that that would happen. I am open to looking at a way to reform this system, to move it forward, and to get passed this logjam. Yes, we\u2019ve had many conversations, some give and take, that\u2019s what we\u2019re supposed to be doing, but we\u2019re not going to get anywhere until we have the government open.\u201d\n\nON PRESIDENT TRUMP\u2019S TRADE DEALS: \u201cI think what President Trump is trying to do here is advantage the American worker. He feels, and I feel, have been disadvantaged because of unfair trade practices over decades. So, he was just in Asia where he struck deals. He had huge talks with the Chinese. I think all of this is going to lay to rest. The president is nailing these [trade deals] down daily and I think once those do get nailed down, our agriculture products will be more advantaged\u2026you\u2019ll see other things like supply chains loosen up.\u201d\n\nON COMBATTING DRUG TRAFFICKING: \u201cWest Virginia, as you know, has been highly affected by the drug trafficking and fentanyl that has flooded into this country. Particularly in my state, this has cost many lives and a lot of sorrow all across the state. So, I support the president taking narco terrorists in international waters, which he\u2019s doing with the intelligence that he has and that they\u2019re gathering as we speak\u2026I believe the president is protecting this country by taking out those that are trafficking fentanyl into this country and killing Americans.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-capito-joins-the-hill-sunday-with-chris-stirewalt"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9377147071063519, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}