The EPW chair told POLITICO: "We may have to look at an extension." Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said Tuesday that an extension for the surface transportation bill, which is set to expire Sept. 30, may be on the table. “I'm preferring that we can button it all up by the end of September, but realistically we may have to look at an extension, but we're not thinking that way right now,” Capito told POLITICO. Capito and Sen.