Congress

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata attended Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to Congress on July 24th. “Just a few years ago we celebrated the peaceful advancements of the Abraham Accords, and last year, we celebrated with Israel for their 75th anniversary. Then the world changed with the terrible shock of the horrific attack on October 7th.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is honoring the life of Senator James Inhofe, who retired from the U.S. Senate in January 2023. “Senator Jim Inhofe was Oklahoma’s longest-serving senator, in the Senate more than 27 years, after he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for four terms. Before that he was Mayor of Tulsa, and a state legislator totaling some 56 years of public service, after time in the U.S. Army. I knew him already in the 1990s, as I worked for Congressman J.C. Watts, his colleague from the Oklahoma congressional delegation,” said Aumua Amata. “He came through American Samoa with a congressional delegation a few years ago, and I spoke to him there and after he came back to Washington, D.C. at the time.”

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata thanked and applauded the congressional Government Accountability Office (GAO) for its helpful Report released Thursday on Data Collection Gaps (DCG’s) in Federal Programs which impact federal funding for the Territories. The GAO Report was commissioned at the Joint request of the Territorial Congressional Offices with the bi-partisan support of the House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman and Ranking Member Raul Grijalva.

Leads Colleagues in Pledge of Allegiance on House Floor Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata on Tuesday led her colleagues in the Pledge of Allegiance before House business. “Leading the Pledge of Allegiance is a reminder of the responsibility of serving, and I’m humbled to have this opportunity on behalf of American Samoa,” said Congresswoman Aumua Amata.