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Rep. Amata with Guam Gov. Leon Guerrero and USVI Rep. Plaskett
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Aumua Amata shared on Thursday an update on the status of stimulus checks following a conference call briefing with senior Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials, and highlighted IRS plans for a web portal shortly for this program in the territories. On Wednesday...
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata hailed Senate passage of a bill to replenish the urgently needed Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for small business assistance, including new support for hospitals and small lenders. The House will consider the $484 billion interim economic...
Aumua Amata with Congressman Mike McCaul
Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is highlighting ongoing CARES Act federal funding for COVID-19 response national emergency efforts in American Samoa. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are making available $259,066 in...
U.S. Federal District Court building Salt Lake City, Utah
Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata confirmed that she and the Governor of American Samoa have filed an appellate brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in the Fitisemanu case alongside the U.S. Department of State, appealing the District court decision...
LBJ Medical Center  triage system in front of the hospital
Washington, D.C. —  Congresswoman Aumua Amata on Monday welcomed $766,000 for American Samoa’s medical providers through the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department in another appropriation resulting from the CARES Act. This HHS assistance is part of COVID-19 relief for hospitals and clinics...
Congresswoman Aumua Amata
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata on Monday welcomed another vital CARES Act coronavirus relief grant, this time $1,617,855 through the U.S. Department of Education to aid the American Samoa Community College, with $808,943 (half of the total) specified as assistance for the students. “...
Secretary Bernhardt and Congresswoman Amata
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata was able to bring up the need to reopen fishing access as a matter of national food security during a call with Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt. Congresswoman Amata brought up directly two aspects of American Samoa’s fishing industry...
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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed an in-depth briefing provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Region 9 Director Robert Fenton on the agency’s action plan to assist in coronavirus efforts in American Samoa and other island territories, and she supports...
Congresswoman Aumua Amata
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed another health grant for the second straight day — $745,000 for American Samoa Community Health Centers — this time from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and once again directly through the recent congressional...
Congresswoman Aumua Amata
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata on Monday welcomed a second health grant — this one $740,000 — to American Samoa from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) specifically to support our COVID-19 response. Combined with the CDC’s previous $370,000 grant to American Samoa in...

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