Uifa’atali Amata
WASHINGTON, DC — House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Vice Chair Rep. Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa), released earlier this week the following statements after the Committee published the bipartisan Women Veteran Task Force report, which was prepared by...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata issued the following statement on the life of the late Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan who was assassinated last week while making a political speech in his home country. She met him when he spoke to the US Congress in April 2015.
“It was an honor to...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata on National Ag Day yesterday thanked all those in American Samoa who grow and harvest the fresh island fruits and crops that we all enjoy.
“Happy National Agriculture Day to those making sure we have plenty of our delicious island favorites, and our fishermen,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On a four-person panel that included senior Biden Administration officials from the White House, State and Defense departments, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata reiterated her call for the U.S. to homeport a squadron of Coast Guard cutters in Pago Pago harbor. Given the...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is delighted to announce the nominations of 12 excellent students for consideration by the service academies.
These nominations are selected each year based on the high quality of the students' combined academic records, essays, along with letters...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Federal law mandates that amendments to the American Samoa Constitution are subject to approval of the U.S. Congress.
But senators want that changed, with the Senate Rules Committee endorsing a verbal motion to send a resolution to Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is hailing the final rule from the U.S. Treasury Department, which provides authoritative guidance to use substantial federal funding under the American Rescue Plan Act for infrastructure projects, with possibilities including hospital...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata requested information from the U.S. government Tuesday on the status of U.S. participation in aid efforts for the Kingdom of Tonga, which was devastated this weekend by volcanic ash and tsunami waves, with unknown loss of life, major damages, and an outage of the...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata spoke Tuesday before the House Committee on Rules in a roundtable on food security to explain American Samoa’s needs regarding food and nutrition. The roundtable was titled, Ending Hunger in America: Examining Hunger in U.S. Territories, and its purpose was to...
“As we celebrate 245 years of independence and the birth of the United States of American, let us remember that freedom is never free and that our independence is secured through the sacrifice of the brave men and women who continue to fight to preserve the liberties we enjoy,” Gov Lemanu said on...