Congress

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming last week’s bipartisan confirmation and swearing-in of the Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, who received a Senate vote of 72-28. 

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is hailing the Senate confirmation of former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who was born in American Samoa and represented Hawaii in Congress, as Director of National Intelligence (DNI). 

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming the Senate confirmation and swearing-in on Tuesday of another friend and former colleague for the key administration role of Secretary of Transportation, former Congressman Sean Duffy. 

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is reassuring the people of American Samoa that congressional grants are likely to continue following a brief review of federal spending that is in the pipeline, including billions in spending that President Biden ordered in his final days in office.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming House passage of the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act, led by Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), who is the only professional forester in the U.S. Congress, and Rep. Scott Peters (D-California).

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata will serve on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for the 119th Congress, including her role as Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, where she will continue to work with Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim (R-CA). 

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata and Governor Pulaali’i Nikolao Pula attended the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, and Amata applauded the President’s call for a strong but peaceable America and a reinvigorated economy.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) to end what he called “the