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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming final passage of her bill for American Samoa, H.R. 6062, which will now be sent to President Biden to be signed into law. The bill streamlines the enactment of amendments that have been approved by the people of American Samoa. Congresswoman Amata is congratulating Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga, as this was a priority for his administration, and sending special thanks to Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai’i), who offered the bill up and spoke on the Senate floor for it.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming House passage by a vote of 378-25 of the bipartisan Lahaina National Heritage Area Act, H.R. 8219, of which she is one of seven cosponsors.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a ten-member Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to Barbados, following Thanksgiving Day, at the invitation of Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, in which Members of Congress joined the people of Barbados in commemorating their 58th Independence Day, and honored the legacy of historic Barbadian-American Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm on what would have been her 100th birthday.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is applauding the nomination of her colleague Congressman Mike Waltz of Florida, a former Green Beret, as National Security Advisor.
Reps. Amata and Waltz serve together on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and its Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific. Congressman Waltz also works directly on national security issues as part of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Armed Services Committee.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting the announcement of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as the nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Israel.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming the new Chairman of the influential Congressional Western Caucus, Rep. Douglas LaMalfa, elevated by the membership following his service as a Vice Chairman. Chairman LaMalfa is a fourth-generation rice farmer and business owner in northern California.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating the incoming administration of Governor-elect Pulaalii Nikolao Pula and Lieutenant Governor-elect Pulu Ae Ae, Jr., and thanking Governor Lemanu Palepoi Sialegā Mauga and Lieutenant Governor La’apui Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale for their public service.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting the nomination of another friend and former colleague for the important administration role of Secretary of Transportation, Congressman Sean Duffy.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming passage by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee of her bill for American Samoa, H.R. 6062. In Tuesday’s Senate Committee business meeting led by Chairman Joe Manchin of West Virginia, he thanked her for attending, expressed support for the bill, and recalled enjoying his recent stop in American Samoa with the warm welcome he received.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating President Surangel Whipps, Jr., reelected recently to another term leading the Republic of Palau. Under his leadership, Belau is a staunch ally of the United States, and last year he led their diplomatic efforts for a new Compact of Free Association (COFA) 20-year agreement so that the island nation remains one of the Freely Associated States.