Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed the availability of $300,000 in federal grant funds for American Samoa from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata released a statement updating immigration policy efforts, and welcoming President Trump’s announcement:
Washington, D.C. – Saturday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata gave a commencement speech highlighting the importance of technology education to the skills and jobs of the future.
Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed this week’s veterans’ legislative activity in Washington, highlighted by President Trump’s signing into law the bipartisan Mission Act to reform the VA. Congresswoman Amata cosponsored this major legislation, which originated in the Veterans’ Affairs Committee on which she serves.
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed reintroduction of the Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5996) to boost federal funding and key preservation measures for coral reefs.
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomes another significant federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of $2,825,506 for American Samoa. The Pacific Basin Grant is offered under the Health Center Cluster Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata honored the life and memory of her friend and former boss, Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci. He had a brilliant career that included serving four U.S. Presidents as diplomat and adviser, rising to National Security Adviser and then Secretary of Defense for President Ronald Reagan.
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, at the invitation of the Secretary of Defense, Congresswoman Aumua Amata attended the Change of Command Ceremony for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (PACOM), at which Admiral Phillip S. Davidson formally relieved Admiral Harry Harris and became the 25th PACOM Commander. U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Saturday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata was presented with a doctorate of laws by the University of Guam, and gave remarks at the commencement exercises centered on her work in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Washington, DC – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata extended congratulations to Lusia Aveolelaeosomaiilematasaua Cole of Odenton, Maryland, who completed both her high school diploma and a college degree in the same year, and will be going on for further studies on a scholarship to Norwich University.