Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata spoke on the House floor on Monday, emphasizing the importance of U.S. efforts to protect religious freedoms worldwide, while serving as Floor Manager for House passage of the reauthorization of the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF) S....
Washington, D.C. — A U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) grant for $120,523 is going to the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency for rehabilitation and treatment.
“Congratulations to CJPA Director Mariana Timu-Faiai and her staff in their yearly efforts to bring in and administer these...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata emphasized and supported a Resolution by the American Samoa Senate by sending it to the leadership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to highlight its message.
The letters, addressed to DEA...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata on Monday served as Floor Manager during consideration of a slate of bipartisan legislation, including bills she sponsored and cosponsored. The U.S. House of Representatives passed her bill, H.R. 6606, to amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata attended a House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) press conference with Gold Star families Monday at the U.S. Capitol for the discussion of the 350-page official report on the Afghanistan withdrawal.
The report makes numerous recommendations for the...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata will be back in Washington, D.C., for a three-week September stretch of key legislative efforts, especially the need to extend appropriations beyond the upcoming end of the fiscal year, and full House consideration of bills that Amata sponsored or...
Washington, DC — The local Dept. of Homeland Security is welcoming a federal funding grant of $67,148 from the Department of Transportation (DOT) through the FY24 Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grant.
This is grant administered through the DOT Agency of the Pipeline and Hazardous...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice on Monday of a federal grant of $11,553 for mental health services in American Samoa through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This is a new grant awarded for two years.
“Thank you especially to Motusa Nua...
Washington, D.C. — American Samoa has been awarded $780,211.95 in fiscal year 2024 through the Office of Insular Affairs Maintenance Assistance Program (MAP). The award was announced by Assistant Secretary Carmen Cantor in a letter to Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga and Congresswoman Aumua Amata.
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Washington, D. C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highly supportive of the new bipartisan Task Force appointed to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Trump and all related security and procedural questions.
The Task Force announced Monday follows bipartisan House passage...