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ChampionedOpioid / Drug crisis

Committed to continue combating drug abuse in West Virginia at both the state and federal levels.

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ChampionedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 90%

All three cited sources were fetched and verified. (1) Senate Roll Call #221 confirms Capito voted Yea on H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 98-1 on Oct. 3, 2018 — quote and details match exactly. (2) Capito's own press release contains the cited quote verbatim ("I helped change the state grant formula in the Labor-HHS government funding bill, and the benefits of that change are evident today...") and announces $35,384,899 for West Virginia, documenting a self-driven, WV-targeted action (authoring grant-formula language) that goes beyond routine voting. (3) The Addiction Policy Forum page confirms the 2025 Legislator of the Year Award with the exact title, and documents her appropriations leadership on SOR/RCORP/NIH programs plus WV being "particularly hard-hit" — independent recognition of leadership. The sources jointly substantiate the CHAMPIONED bar (led/drove combating drug abuse for WV at the federal level, channeling resources to the state) rather than overstating it. No source was unreachable, no quote was fabricated, and the outcome is not overstated by the cited evidence.

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