Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, traveling at the request of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), led the Radewagen CODEL with Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) over the weekend to Colombia for the new President’s inauguration, ensuring that the Committee was...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Senate passage of a government funding extension bill to keep the federal government open when the fiscal year ends at midnight after September 30.
The Senate’s version, passed 90-6, would fund the government across the board at...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata accepted an invite from her House classmate, Chairman Brian Babbin, who leads the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, to take part in a series of discussions in a bipartisan Congressional Delegation to several nations over the weekend at the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata congratulates Fatiatamai “Ma’i” Puapa’e Folau of Tafuna, American Samoa, on completing the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) Congressional Fellowship, and now serving as a Legislative Correspondent in the U.S. House...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) that the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency (CJPA) has been awarded two federal formula grants totaling $746,687 to...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming an announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of a $493,002 grant for the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen epidemiology...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is stating clearly that her position against seabed mining in waters surrounding American Samoa has not changed and remains her consistent position. Amata further notes that no one else speaks for her, despite characterizations and assumptions of...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed official notice of $5,509,857 for American Samoa’s Head Start program, a major grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and their Administration for Children and Families.
“I would like to thank Program Director of...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement in celebration of Manu’a Flag Day 2026, sometimes called Manu’a Cession Day, which celebrates the historic decision in 1904 to officially join the United States.
“It will be a delight to be in Manu’a celebrating with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Joined by students from the Tafuna High School Summer Bridge program, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata read the Declaration of Independence as part of the nationwide ‘Sharing the Spirit of America’ project initiated by the Hawai’i America 250 Commission.
The American Samoa...