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Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata took part in a hearing with the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, in conjunction with the Women Veterans Task Force, entitled, "Veterans' Access to Reproductive Healthcare."
Pago Pago – Saturday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata released a statement observing PTSD Awareness Month (June) and PTSD Awareness Day (June 27):
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Aumua Amata has taken part in a recent oversight hearing in the Committee on Veterans' Affairs to evaluate the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) in response to COVID-19.
Laumua i Uosigitone—Ua talisapaia e le Tamaitaikonekeresi ia Aumua Amata i le vaiaso nei le sainia e le Peresetene ia Trump e avea ma tulafono se pili sa suilagolago ai le tamaitai e fesoasoani ai i Vetereni o loo aooga ua felavei a latou aoga ona o le ma'i pesi. O lea Pili faifaatasi a itufaaupufai e Tali i le Coronavirus Vetereni o loo Aooga i le 2020, H.R. 6322, na faauluina i le faaiuga o Mati i totonu o le Komiti a le Maota i Mataupu tau Vetereni ua avea nei o se tulafono.
Laumua i Uosigitone – O le vaiaso nei na auai ai le Tamaitaikonekeresi ia Aumua Amata i se taeao iloga i le talaaga o le Maota o Sui a le Iunaite Setete, e pei ona feagai ai le Komiti o Mataupu tau Vetereni ma le uluai usugafono faifaatasi a itufaaupufai e le auai le tino ae fesootai i komipiuta (virtual forum).
Washington, D.C.—This week, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming President Trump's signing into law a bill she cosponsored helping student Veterans whose educations have been interrupted by the pandemic. The bipartisan Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, H.R. 6322, introduced in late March in the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs is now law. This Act provides new assistance to student Veterans during and after the COVID-19 delay in their academic plans.
Washington, D.C. – This week, Congresswoman Aumua Amata took part in a historic moment in the U.S. House of Representatives, as the Committee on Veterans' Affairs held the first-ever bipartisan virtual forum.
Congresswoman Amata took part in the remote forum from American Samoa's congressional office, which included many of the usual procedures led by the Chairman. The forum was titled Coronavirus Pandemic Response. It examined the impact of economic and health services, with a particular focus on homeless Veterans.
Washington, D.C.—Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is announcing she is a cosponsor of the bipartisan Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, newly introduced this week to immediately help student Veterans during and following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Washington, D.C.—Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming this week's examination in the Veterans' Affairs Committee of a bipartisan bill to strengthen oversight at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which was introduced in February by Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) and Rep. Aumua Amata (R-American Samoa).
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Kathleen Rice (NY-04) and Aumua Amata (American Samoa) have introduced a bipartisan bill to strengthen oversight at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).