Press Releases
Pago Pago – Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata released the following statement welcoming the normalization of relations between Israel and the U.A.E. and Bahrain:
Pago Pago – Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a STOP Violence Against Women federal grant of $617,983 for services in American Samoa.
This federal funding to the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency is through the U.S. Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), led by Principal Deputy Attorney General Laura L. Rogers. OVW is part of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), under Attorney General William Barr.
Pago Pago – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata hailed reauthorization this past Thursday of the Women Veterans Task Force, on which she serves, by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pago Pago – Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed notification of federal funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of $436,368 for the American Samoa EPA.
"Congratulations especially to Director Fa'amao Asalele upon this grant notification, part of a five year plan," said Aumua Amata. "Federal funds like these are essential to our local services. In this case, funding is for efforts to protect drinking water and other environmental services. Thank you to everyone at ASEPA."
Pago Pago – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata released the following statement remembering September 11th:
Pago Pago — Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata highlighted National Suicide Prevention Month (September) with the following statement:
Pago Pago — Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed another CARES Act grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of $529,150, part of a third wave of HUD funding that included American Samoa in each step, as announced by Secretary Dr. Ben Carson.
Pago Pago — Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata released the following statement for Labor Day 2020:
Pago Pago — Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed notification of an education grant for the Close Up program from the Interior Department's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA).
OIA is providing a grant of $672,978 to the Close Up Foundation for their youth opportunities in the Insular Areas, specifically designated to the Close Up Insular Area Program, with the federal funding via OIA's Technical Assistance Program (TAP).
Pago Pago – Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed $250,000 in federal funding for local mental health and substance abuse services.
This new grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is directed to American Samoa Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) for the American Samoa State Opioid Response Project.