Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has been named Vice Chairman of the full House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) for the 118th Congress, as part of the leadership team of the Committee directed by Chairman Mike Bost. Additionally, she will serve on all her top choices for her six...
Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga, First Lady Ella Mauga, Department Directors and the Governor’s team from American Samoa enjoyed a private lunch in Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata’s new office in the Rayburn Building. [courtesy photo]
Saipan, CNMI — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata represented Chairman Bruce Westerman and the House Committee on Natural Resources at Monday’s inauguration celebration of Governor Arnold Indalecio Palacios and Lieutenant Governor David Apatang of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata is informing Veterans of a series of Veterans bills that were completed as part of the Appropriations package that closed out 2022, and are now law.
Amata cosponsored the bipartisan Faster Payments to Veterans' Survivors Act of 2022, improving the Department of...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was officially sworn in to serve the people of American Samoa for a fifth term in Congress as the new 118th Congress convened this week on January 3rd, then held the lengthiest election for Speaker of the House in well over 150 years at 15 ballots...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was in Qatar the day after Christmas celebrating the season with members of the U.S. military, the third nation in the Middle East for the bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CODEL), and then they wrapped up their visits spending time with U.S....
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata once again visited U.S. Service Members in international locations for Christmas. Each time, she sys she is humbled and delighted to thank them in person for their service, and be able to show support in this way. So far, Members of Congress spent...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is once again visiting U.S. Service Members in international locations for Christmas. Each time, she is humbled and delighted to thank them in person for their service, and be able to show support in this way. So far, Members of Congress spent time...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is reporting that elements of the 2022-2023 Appropriations legislation, unveiled Tuesday, notably includes a permanent federal matching rate of 83 percent for all Medicaid expenses for the four smaller territories, as well as a $1 million increase...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed in a national announcement last Friday that $100,000 has been awarded to the Development Bank of American Samoa through the USDA Rural Housing Preservation Grant program benefiting low income residents of Aunu’u.
The...