WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of Senate Republican leadership, joined CNBC's "Squawk Box" to discuss the latest developments in Iran, the DHS shutdown, and the SAVE America Act.

HIGHLIGHTS:

ON IRAN OPERATIONS: "I think it's safe to say, if we go back to when the president began this, he said, hopefully a short term, hopefully very effective. Take out their navy. Take out their missile launchers. Take out their ability to attack. Obviously, they had enormous abilities to attack. We saw that last week when they launched that large, long-range missile. That was, I think, 2500 miles. I think that was sort of an eye opener to a...