WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- 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 and a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Fox News' "America Reports" with Sandra Smith and John Roberts to discuss escalating tensions with Iran and the DHS shutdown.

HIGHLIGHTS:

ON ESCALATING TENSIONS WITH IRAN: "I think the President has been very consistent here. He wants a diplomatic solution. That's the number one choice. But as he's added, we need to see progress. And so, by pre-positioning so much of our American military and our naval forces in that region, it shows you that he means business in terms of not letting Iran be able ...