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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata greeted and congratulated newly confirmed U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Eunjoo Steel. She is Congresswoman Amata’s friend and former colleague, as Ambassador Steel represented California in the U.S. House for four years. Amata spoke with her while she was at the Capitol to meet with Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday.
King Charles speaking to the Joint Session - House photographer
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting Tuesday’s speech by King Charles III of the United Kingdom to a Joint Session of Congress, held in the House of Representatives chamber. The event is historic, as the only other English monarch to speak to a Joint Session in the U.S. was in 1991 when Queen Elizabeth II gave an address during the administration of President George H.W. Bush.
Congresswoman Amata welcomed several dignitaries from the Republic of the Marshall Islands in her office Wednesday for a meeting discussing implementation of the Compacts of Free Association, including U.S.-Marshallese relations, and services to U.S. Veterans in the Pacific. The RMI delegation presented a traditional handcrafted seashell necklace from the Marshall Islands.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting key steps the U.S. should take in the region, especially in light of reports of China’s extensive data and ocean mapping efforts in the Indo-Pacific.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a Wednesday hearing of the full House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), making remarks leading to her questions, directed to Under Secretary of State for Management Jason S. Evans, and highlighting the U.S. Foreign Service needs in the Pacific Islands and elsewhere.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming House passage of the Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026, H.R. 7006, with a bipartisan vote of 341 to 79.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) passage of the State Department reauthorization legislation, which the Committee marked up in lengthy effort spanning Wednesday, much of that night, and Thursday.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming bipartisan House passage of a bill she cosponsored, the PARTNER Act, officially the Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment to Enhance Relations Act. The bill, passed by voice vote, specifically extends diplomatic privileges to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) as well as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and others, bolstering U.S. efforts in the Indo-Pacific.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Amata Coleman Radewagen, vice chairman of both the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, the two main congressional committees with legislative responsibility regarding the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), expressed “shock and dismay” when told of the devastating fire at the Nitijela building in Majuro yesterday.