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Fa'asalalauga Aloa'ia

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Amata with Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15, 2026
Fa'asalalauga Aloa'ia

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Fa’alauiloa aloaia mai e le tatou sui i le Konekeresi, lana tima’iga fa’apitoa a’o loma le fa’ailogaina o le aso fa’amanatu, e taualoa ai le sa muaimalae i taumafaiga ina ia amana’ia tagata uma, le Aso fa’apitoa e fa’amanatu ai Martin Luther King Jr.

Issues:Culture

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Congresswoman Amata and Speaker Mike Johnson in the House of Representatives crop
March 27, 2024
Fa'asalalauga Aloa'ia
Talia e Amata Feagaiga Folafola e Mausali ai Tupe Atofaina Laumua i Uosigitone –Na faaalia le agaga faafetai o le afioga i le Faipule Tamaitai ia Uifaatali Amata e tusa ma le folafolaga o lenei vaiasosa o se feagaiga e faauma a’i faataamilosaga lua o tulafono tau faaulu o tupe atofaina mo le tausaga faaletupe. 
Issues:Congress

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DHSS worked to obtain a waiver of the territories' matching funds for the Summer EBT program
March 1, 2024
Fa'asalalauga Aloa'ia
Fesoasoani tau Mea Taumafa mo Fanau pe a Tuua Aoga i le Tau Mafanafana mai le Porokalama Fou a le Matagaluega o Faatoaga a le Iunaite Setete (USDA) Laumua i Uosigitone – Ua faailoa e le afioga i le Faipule Tamaitai ia Uifaatali Amata aso ua tuupoina e maua ai tufaaga mo le porokalama EBT i le tau mafanafana, ma faaali mai ai e le manaomia e matua poo fanau aoga ni mea e ao ona fai i le taimi nei. O le pule a le Konekeresi ua faatino ai e le Matagaluega o Faatoaga a le Iunaite Setete (USDA) se fuafuaga fou o se fesoasoani tau mea taumafa mo le fanau aoga i se galuega fai faatasi ma le Matagaluega o Tautua mo Tagata ma le mamalu lautele (DHSS) o le Malo o Amerika Samoa.
Issues:Congress

April 18, 2022
Fa'asalalauga Aloa'ia

Laumua i Uosigitone – O le saunoaga lea a le afioga i le Faipule ia Uifa’atali Amata mo le Eseta:

Issues:Culture

September 20, 2021
Fa'asalalauga Aloa'ia

Laumua i Uosigitone – O loo faamamalu e le Tamaitaifaipule ia Uifaatali Amata le aso fanau o le Ea Fosi a le Iunaite Setete talu ona faavae e avea ma Tautua, lea sa aloaia i le aso lenei i le tausaga e 1947. O lana saunoga lea:

Issues:Military

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Memorial Day Remember and Honor

Laumua i Uosigitone –O le feau le nei mai le susuga i le Tamaitaifaipule ia Uifaatali Amata i le faatauaina o le Aso Faamanatu o le tausaga 2021:

"Ua fai le Aso Faamanatu ma aso tatou te vilivilita'i ai i e ua ofo atu atoa mo le faamoemoe o le saolotoga. Ua tatau le ave o le faaaloalo i o tatou tagata uma o i vaega au faapea vetereni mo lo latou loto atu e tautua ma ofo lo latou soifua. O le Aso Faamanatu e faasilisili ai e i tatou o e ua foaaiina atu o latou ola i ona po uma o le talafaasolopito o le malo.

Issues:MilitaryVeterans

April 16, 2021
Fa'asalalauga Aloa'ia

Laumua i Uosigitone – Aso Lulu, Ua faamanatu e Uifa'atali Amata le Aso o le Fu'a o le tausaga 2021:

Issues:Culture

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Congresswoman Amata at the US Capitol
March 11, 2021
Fa'asalalauga Aloa'ia

Laumua i Uosigitone – Aso Lulu, Na saunoa le Tamaitaikonekeresi ia Uifaatali Amata ua tagai nei Amerika Samoa i le lua o tausaga sosoo o sili le seleni maua mai le feterale i le 2021 – ua oo atu i le tusa ma le $511 miliona i seleni faapitoa ma le seleni fou ua faato mo aoga e oo atu i le $150 miliona i Amerika Samoa – o se vaega o le $1.9 tiliona (trillion) o le pili fesoasoani na pasia e le Maota o Sui a le Iunaite Setete ma na auina atu i le afioga i le Peresetene ia Biden ia tusia e avea ma tulafono.

Issues:Budget

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Governor Lemanu and Congresswoman Uifaatali with U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) in American Samoa in 2019
February 28, 2021
Fa'asalalauga Aloa'ia

Laumua i Uosigitone – Aso Sa, O loo faataua e le Tamaitaikonekeresi ia Uifaatali Amata le manuia o le aofia ai o Amerika Samoa i totonu o le pili ua pasia e le Maota mo fesoasoani tau COVID-19 ma taufaatupu ai le tamaoaiga. O lea pili o le a auina atu ai miliona o seleni fesoasoani a le feterale i Amerika Samoa mo taumafaiga i tui puipuia, $1,400 a le tagata e taufaatupu ai le tamaoaiga, alamanuia mo le Malo o Amerika Samoa, aoga, fesoasoani mo meataumafa, ma nisi mea e tele.

Issues:Economy & Jobs (Small Business)

January 29, 2021
Fa'asalalauga Aloa'ia

Laumua i Uosigitone – Aso Tofi, Na tusi atu le Tamaitaikonekeresi ia Uifaatali Amata i le afioga i le Peresetene ia Biden e uiga i mataupu tau konekeresi e sili ona taua mo Amerika Samoa, e faailoa atu ai ia te ia tulaga manaomia mo le faafoi o tagata, ma faataotoina ai le anoano o avanoa e galulue ai mo se manuia faatasi ma lana Taupulega i se ala e au faatasi ai itufaaupufai i vaiaso, masina ma tausaga a sau.

Issues:CongressCulture