Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Shelley Moore Capito received the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) highest honor for her leadership and bipartisan efforts to advance transportation infrastructure investment and policy.

Established in 1960, the ARTBA Award recognizes outstanding contributions that have advanced the broad goals of the association. Recipients have included governors, more than 25 U.S. senators or representatives, two U.S. secretaries of transportation and dozens of top leaders and executives from government and the transportation construction industry private sector.

During her 24 years in Congress, Sen. Capito has been an ardent champion of increased federal funding and streamlining the permitting process to accelerate the delivery of transportation improvements.

In 2021, she played a pivotal role in crafting a five-year, $450 billion highway and public transit reauthorization bill, the largest surface transportation investment increase in 65 years. She worked to build support for final passage from her Senate colleagues. The measure became the centerpiece of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA), the November 2021 enacted infrastructure law.

Sen. Capito remains a leading voice to ensure the law is implemented as intended by Congress, and she is currently working to develop the next highway and public transit bill, due by Oct. 1, 2026.

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