Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
![[l-r] Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero of Guam, American Samoa’s Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga, and Gov. Arnold I. Palacios of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/governors_in_d.c.jpg?itok=PlLRjy-E "This photo posted on the ASG Facebook page shows [l-r] Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero of Guam, American Samoa’s Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga, and Gov. Arnold I. Palacios of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, before the start a U.S. Senate committee hearing on insular areas. The governor of U.S Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico were also present for the hearing on the state of the U.S territories. Gov. Lemanu requested over a billion dollars of funding for Am. Samoa’s infrastructure — saying the infrastructure projects compliment each other and must be built ‘simultaneously’. [photo: ASG Facebook]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In his verbal remarks before a U.S. Senate committee Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga explained three components of American Samoa’s infrastructure needs, totaling $1.7 billion in cost and requested financial support from the U.S. Congress.
Lemanu joined governors from the other...
Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata presented American Samoa’s needs and priorities to the United States Senate.
She highlighted the following key objectives:
• Extending and broadening access to unemployment relief;
• Long term modernization of LBJ Tropical Medical Center...