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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata recently emphasized several issues of key importance to American Samoa to leadership on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as part of a hearing on Indo-Pacific priorities. Aumua Amata called for strong U.S. commitment to the region, including basing U.S. Coast Guard cutters in American Samoa, while highlighting fishing interests and China’s known strategic activity in the area.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was in London on Memorial Day for a special wreath laying at Cambridge American Cemetery, where many U.S. Service Members who fought in World War II are buried. The tour and ceremony at the Cemetery included a wreath on behalf of the U.S. Congress.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata visited U.S. Navy personnel in Finland last week and toured the USS Gunston Hall, as part of a Congressional Delegation that focused on veterans and military issues, and met with U.S. Ambassador to Finland Douglas Hickey and Finland Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was in Poland last week as part of a Congressional Delegation that focused on the refugee situation from neighboring Ukraine.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata and colleagues met President Gitanas Nauseda in Lithuania, and held discussions with Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis, Speaker of the Seimas (Parliament) Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, members of the parliament, and U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania Robert S. Gilcrest.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) as part of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs last week through Memorial Day. Starting in Tunisia, Members of Congress toured the North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia; met with Tunisia Minister of National Defence Imed Memmich, among others; interacted with U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amatahailed the U.S. appointment of a credentialed diplomat to lead an interagency U.S. team in completing serious negotiations with the Freely Associated States regarding extending Compacts of Free Association (COFA).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata attended Wednesday’s speech to Congress by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, and said there is strong bipartisan support for Ukraine’s fight to preserve independence from Russia.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor of legislation to formally apologize for the U.S. nuclear legacy in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The Resolution was introduced on March 1, a key anniversary of the Cold War-era nuclear testing program with the most powerful detonation at Bikini Atoll on that date in 1954.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor of a bill introduced this week, the American Energy Independence from Russia Act.