Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — Thursday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata commemorated National Medal of Honor Day and released the following statement:
"The National Medal of Honor is reserved for heroic service to the country. Each one is a remarkable story. Each one also started out just like all of our...
Washington, D.C. — Thursday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was delighted to once again congratulate Victor Chen upon his second prestigious Service Academy acceptance. The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has also accepted him, joining the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado in offering a fully...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the need for additional support for American Samoa’s Medicaid program and modernization of LBJ Tropical Medical Center. Amata is an original cosponsor of the Insular Areas Medicaid Parity...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a March 11 hearing of the Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife (WOW). This was the Subcommittee’s first hearing of 2021, following Committee organization last month, but it will take up topics over...
Washington, D.C. — Friday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed official notice of four U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants for American Samoa’s airports through appropriations by Congress in last year’s COVID relief that combine for $1,050,...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata spoke in the House Natural Resources Committee last Thursday in support of resources, such as funding sea walls and other shoreline stability needs dealing with erosion, sea rise, climate and Tutuila’s known settling.
In addition to sea rise, the...