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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting American Samoa’s Constitution Day, October 17th, and Thursday’s 70-year mark of American Samoa’s first Samoan governor pictured with the President of the United States for the exchange of the governorship to the first Samoan to hold the office.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting several key healthcare ideas for American Samoa and the region that were put forward in her meeting with Governor Pulaali’i Nikolao Pula; Dr. Peter N. Bretan, a renal surgeon, urologist and former multi-term president of the California Medical Association; and Dr. Eileen Natuzzi, who has extensive experience working with healthcare efforts and goals for the underserved Pacific Islands. The two doctors also met with LBJ Tropical Medical center leaders, and Amata and Dr.
Pago Pago – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement in honor and enjoyment of White Sunday:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming the announcement of NOAA funding for regional and national ocean observing. The 11 new five-year cooperative agreements announced Thursday will enable U.S. IOOS regional associations to operate regional coastal observing systems (RCOSs) throughout U.S. waters, with $45.7 million in overall funding for the first year, supporting operation and modernization of observing capabilities for coasts, ocean, and the Great Lakes.
Pago Pago – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting the upcoming possibility for American Samoa’s children to begin a new investment growth account, known as Trump accounts, funded by the child’s guardian.
Pago Pago – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of a $350,000 Pasefika Youth Center grant supporting the work of the Pacific Youth and Development Center.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata gave remarks Tuesday for the Interagency Group on Insular Affairs (IGIA) held virtually with the Department of the Interior (DOI) and other federal agencies, stating opposition to seabed mining.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming House passage by voice vote of the Senate companion to a bill she cosponsored in the House for better science-based U.S. fishing safeguards. This amended bill includes much of the original House bill, and it has been returned to the Senate for one final vote to become law.