Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — Notice of support has been received for the Close Up program benefiting American Samoa’s students from the Interior Department’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA).
This OIA grant of $1.1 million in Technical Assistance Program (TAP) funds to the Close Up Foundation funds the 2025...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was officially sworn in on Friday to serve the people of American Samoa for a sixth term in Congress. The new 119th Congress convened on January 3rd, which is the constitutional start date every two years.
“I am humbled to represent our people of...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following message for New Year’s Day.
“As I reflect on 2024, I’m grateful for God’s goodness to my family, our territory, and the United States. From a congressional standpoint, we finished up some important efforts. Among those, we...
WASHINGTON D.C. — The Heritage Foundation asked me to keynote a recent roundtable on its “Pacific Pivot” paper on Pacific Island strategic challenges. I had planned to critique the paper, but coincidentally, the APEC summit in Peru, in which President Biden’s performance was derided by the media,...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomes the bipartisan passage of government funding through mid-March, including disaster relief for hurricane flooded areas of the U.S., and an extension of Farm Bill policies with added agricultural support. The 119th Congress beginning in...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed final Senate passage last Friday of a bipartisan House bill she co-introduced, the FISHES Act, H.R. 5103. The legislation has been sent to President Biden to become law.
Amata is one of a bipartisan group of 11 original cosponsors at...
Washington, D.C. — After final passage of Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata’s bill for American Samoa, H.R. 6062, it will now be sent to President Biden to be signed into law.
The bill streamlines the enactment of amendments that have been approved by the people of American Samoa.
Congresswoman Amata...
Washington, D.C. — The American Samoa Department of Public Safety is set to receive $470,821 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
This State Electronic Data Collections (SEDC) crash data grant will support the Island...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming House passage by a vote of 378-25 of the bipartisan Lahaina National Heritage Area Act, H.R. 8219, of which she is one of seven cosponsors.
The bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to assess the feasibility and suitability of...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a ten-member Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to Barbados, following Thanksgiving Day, at the invitation of Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, in which Members of Congress joined the people of Barbados in commemorating their...