WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), chaired a hearing with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to consider President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, as well as the many priorities of the agency.

Below is the opening statement of Chairman Capito as prepared for delivery:

"Good morning and welcome to our first Labor-HHS Subcommittee hearing for fiscal year 2027. Vice Chair Baldwin and I have served together for several years on this subcommittee, and I ...