Amata Is in the Top 20 for Bipartisan Legislative Record

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is pleased to report to her constituents that she continues to rank among the most bipartisan Members of Congress, listed in the top 20 for last year, according to the new report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Lugar Center at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy.

Their analysis places her 19th out of the 441 Members of the House of Representatives, although they exclude a handful of Members for having served only a few months of the year.

This nonpartisan analysis compiles all the sponsorships and co-sponsorships of bills over the year, and placed Rep. Amata well within the upper 5 percent of the House in bipartisan co-sponsorships out of the 441 seats.

"I continue to believe the best legislative policy gets broad support in Congress, and is able to bring in different parts of the country," said Congresswoman Amata. "I’ve consistently been bipartisan regardless of which party controls the majority. I focus first on how any legislation would affect American Samoa.”

“I considered the late Dean of the House Don Young a mentor, and he always valued bipartisanship and getting things done, and it showed in his record, including this year’s,” Amata concluded.

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