Press Releases
Washington, D.C. –Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, successfully introduced an amendment to the House Rules, which will allow Delegates from the five U.S. territories to act as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole (COTW).
Congresswoman Amata standing in front of the American Samoa Quarter plaque that hangs
in the tunnel between the House Office Buildings, and the U.S. Capitol Building
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2016 - On Friday, the President signed H.R. 6452 into law. The "Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act" implements the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean, the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, and the amendments to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries.
Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, issued the following statement in reaction to the appointment of Representative Ryan Zinke (R-MT) to lead the Department of the Interior.
"I could not be happier with the selection of my friend and classmate Ryan Zinke for the Interior Secretary post. Ryan and I served together as freshmen on the House Natural Resources Committee, and I know from my experience working with him these past two years, that he is the right man for the job.
Washington, D.C. –Saturday, Vice President-elect Mike Pence appointed Congresswoman Aumua Amata to the Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee.
"Amata is a great friend and colleague and I am delighted she will be joining our team," said Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn, a senior Member of Congress from Tennessee, who also serves as Vice Chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee. "This decision advances a commitment President-elect Trump made last spring to not forget the territories once elected."
Washington, D.C. –Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, was pleased to announce today that the
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded the American Samoa Dept. of Health (ASDOH) $500,000 in grant funding for the Zika Maternal and Child Health Services Program.
Washington, D.C. –Saturday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, in the final seconds of the 114th Congress passed her fishing bill, the Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, which helps to ensure that the U.S fishing industry will have better access to fisheries in international waters and stronger representation in regional fisheries councils during international negotiations by the North and South Pacific Commissions.
Washington, D.C. –Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, announced earlier today, that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)Grant Service Office has issued a grant in the amount of $2,323,609 in discretionary funds to the American Samoa Department of Health as part of the Pacific Basin Program.
Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (O&I) held a hearing today entitled “Examining Decades of Data Manipulation at the United States Geological Survey” during which they interviewed U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Deputy Director William Werkheiser on several incidents of scientific misconduct at the Energy Resources Program (ERP) Geochemistry Laboratory in Lakewood, Colorado.