WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito issued the following press release:

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, participated in a hearing to review the president's fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget request for the National Guard and Reserve Forces.

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ON SPC. BECKSTROM AND STAFF SGT. WOLFE: "Two of our West Virginia National Guard were attacked here in Washington, D.C. while volunteering to make our streets safe. We lost Sarah (Beckstrom) on Thanksgiving Day, and we continue to send prayers to her family in West Virginia. I'm proud to report that Andy (Wolfe) has made a miraculous recovery, not full, but miraculous so far, and he threw out th...