continuing resolution
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed passage of government funding that secures American Samoa’s federal matching rate for Medicaid. Known as a Continuing Resolution, the legislation passed the House, then attracted bipartisan support in the Senate and was promptly signed into...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming inclusion of American Samoa’s federal matching rate for Medicaid, known as FMAP, in a Continuing Resolution that would fund the U.S. government until December 16, 2022. This extension would allow Congress time to complete major...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Upon receiving the Fono’s approved version of the American Samoa Government’ fiscal year 2021 budget — in which lawmakers reduced the executive branch funding by more than $6 million, while giving the Legislature an additional half-a-million — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga...



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