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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting Wednesday’s passage of eight bills, including the EXPLORE Act on which she is an original cosponsor.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata chaired the first oversight hearing Wednesday of the House Committee on Natural Resources Indo-Pacific Task Force. Task Force Chairman Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa) with Co-Chairman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-CNMI) led the bipartisan examination of how the Compacts of Free Association (COFA) support U.S. interests and counter the People's Republic of China's (PRC) influence.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a grant for NOAA services to the region including American Samoa and surrounding waters.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting National Park Week, which is an initiative of the National Park Service (NPS) and the National Park Foundation.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting efforts underway in the Natural Resources Committee to rein in rising energy and fuel costs around the country, which is a major factor in inflationary price increases on food and other products due to the added burden in shipping and transport.
Washington, D.C. – House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and the delegates of the five U.S Territories—Rep. Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa), Rep. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-CNMI), Rep. Michael San Nicolas (D-Guam), Rep. Jenniffer González Colón, (R-Puerto Rico), and Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D-USVI)—introduced the bipartisan H.R.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Aumua Amata took part in a Wednesday hearing of the Natural Resources Committee that received testimony from the governors of the territories, including Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga of American Samoa. The hearing was part of the Committee’s examination of the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is welcoming a grant of $591,594 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for coral reef preservation efforts, and congratulating the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata highlighted American Samoa's position on protected coral reefs in a Wednesday hearing of the Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife (WOW). The oversight hearing was titled, "Examining the President's Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Proposal for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."