sen. togiola tulafono
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center will no longer receive any specific “earmarked” funding under with the elimination of the 2% wage tax, while the tobacco excise tax will hike by 3 cents under the final language of a Senate bill approved by the majority of the Fono Conference Committee...

![Togiola repeated at least three times, that he wants his objection “on record” for the Senate journal and insisted that this bill — in its amended form — leaves LBJ with no “earmarked” funding source. [SN file photo] Sen. Togiola T.A. Tulafono](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sen_togiola_tulafono_0833.jpg?itok=deZ-JKlz)