Foreign Affairs

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is applauding the announcement by President-elect Trump that Congresswoman Elise Stefanik will be nominated for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. 

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Wednesday’s action in a U.S. Senate legislative hearing that moves forward her House-passed bill for American Samoa, H.R. 6062. This self-determination bill, in fulfillment of a unanimous request by a Fono Resolution and Governor Lemanu P.S.

House Passes Legislation Amata Sponsored and Cosponsored

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata on Tuesday led the Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs’ oversight hearing on the implementation of the Compacts of Free Association (COFA) Amendments Act of 2024. Video of the hearing is available HERE.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata’s Chief of Staff Leafaina “Ina” Tavai represented her in attending the first White House Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Convening, Friday, September 6^th, at the White House’s historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOC).

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor of legislation to apologize for the U.S. nuclear legacy in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The Resolution, introduced Friday, is sponsored by Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-California) with cosponsor Congresswoman Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa).

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata will be back in Washington, D.C., for a three-week September stretch of key legislative efforts, especially the need to extend appropriations beyond the upcoming end of the fiscal year, and full House consideration of bills that Amata sponsored or cosponsored.

Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting a training, mentoring, and business matchmaking opportunity for Pacific women entrepreneurs from neighboring Pacific Islands countries.