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Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata on Thursday filed a letter in support of the amici brief in the Supreme Court concerning abusive use of the Antiquities Act, which has been used to create and expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM).
“The PRIMNM was over...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata focused on Veterans throughout 2023, and is providing a year-end summary of the efforts in the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC), one of her three Committee assignments in Congress.
At the start of the year, Amata was named Vice Chairman of...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress is taking a step that, upon final passage, would finally include American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Wagner-Peyser job training program, a priority that Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has worked for alongside Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming bipartisan House passage of a stopgap government funding bill, or Continuing Resolution (C.R.), that is widely expected to prevent a government shutdown, since U.S. Senate leaders have already expressed support for the temporary funding...
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee has passed the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2023, H.J. Res 96, which Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata cosponsored, as a key priority in U.S. commitment to the Indo-Pacific region.
In his remarks, Chairman of the committee...
Washington, D.C. — Thank you to each Veteran and each of our military families for the sacrifices you’ve made over the years, helping make our world a better and more peaceful place for generations,” Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata said in a press release issued on Wednesday.
“We appreciate our...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has introduced two bills — the first (H.R. 6061 ) that would allow simpler conversion to citizenship for any U.S. National choosing to do so as an individual, and the second bill ((H.R. 6062) that allows for American Samoa to enact Constitutional...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, a Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), is one of 119 lawmakers taking part in a bipartisan, bicameral letter led by U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), urging Congress to preserve the Building Chips in America Act in the Fiscal Year...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Thursday’s passage by the Natural Resources Committee of a bill she sponsored with Congressman Ed Case (D-HI) as the original cosponsor — the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act, H.R. 1792, which passed for consideration by the full House of...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata took part last week in a bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) to underscore the importance of the historic relationship between the United States and the RMI, and emphasize the strategic strength of America's...