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Washington, D.C. – Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata highlighted congressional action from 2015 resulting in a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study team’s current efforts in American Samoa to report on the Territory’s minimum wage.
Washington, D.C.—Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming House passage earlier this week of several Veterans’ bills, including two that she cosponsored.
Washington, D.C. – Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming four grants from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), totaling $1,272,409 for American Samoa.
Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata released the following statement honoring the life of Congressman Elijah Cummings of Maryland:
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed notice from the National Park Service (NPS) of a $100,000 grant for improvements to the Lions Park in American Samoa through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), and highlighted recent congressional action that improved that program’s funding for the territories.
Washington, DC—Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata said that Chairman Mark Takano of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will plan on a trip to American Samoa as soon as possible to speak to the Veterans, as this week’s visit was canceled due to changes in the schedule caused by Typhoon Hagibis in CNMI.
Laumua i Uosigitone—Aso Gafua, Saunoa le Tamaitaikonekeresi ia Aumua Amata ua fuafua le Taitaifono o le Komiti o Mataupu tau Vetereni ia Mark Takano i se malaga mo Amerika Samoa i se taimi vave e talafeagai e talanoa ai i Vetereni, talu ai ua le taunuu le malaga mai i le vaiaso nei ona o suiga e pogai i le Afā o Hagibis i le CNMI. O le a mafai ona feiloai Suitofia o le Aumalaga a le Konekeresi ma Vetereni o le Pasefika i Hawaii a o le i tuuvaa atu Sui o le Konekeresi mo le Laumua i Uosigitone.
Washington, D.C.—Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is highlighting an opportunity for the Veterans of American Samoa to speak to the Chairman of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Members of Congress.
Laumua i Uosigitone, —Aso Faraile, Na talisapaia e le Tamaitaikonekeresi ia Aumua Amata le $536,964 mo Amerika Samoa e faasao ai aau amu e ala mia le Taupulega a le malo e vaaia le sami ma le tau (NOAA).
O nei tupe ua maua e le Matagaluega o Alamanuia o le Sami ma le Vaomatua a Amerika Samoa i lalo o le Maliliega e feutagai ai mo le Faasaoina o Aau Amu. E manaomia e le malō o Amerika Samoa le $49,588 o le tupe faafetaui.
Washington, D.C.—Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a grant of $536,964 for American Samoa’s coral reef conservation through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
