Press Releases
Washington, D.C. –Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, announced earlier today, that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Grant Service Office has issued $250,000 in discretionary funds to the American Samoa Department of Health as part of the Pacific Basin Program.
Washington D.C. –Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and a few of her colleagues from the House Veterans Affairs Committee spoke to the press regarding the passage of
H.R. 3936, the Veteran Engagement Team Act (VET Act), this afternoon in front of the United States Capitol.
Washington D.C. –Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court denied the appeal to hear the Tuaua Case, which had been ruled down in District Court last year.
“The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will not consider further, an appeal by lawyers in the Tuaua case, in which a small group of Samoans residing in American Samoa and on the U.S. Mainland together, sought to have U.S. citizenship as a right of birth in American Samoa.
Washington D.C. –Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Puerto Rico debt restructuring legislation, H.R. 5278, better known as PROMESA.
Washington D.C. –Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, spoke to the new graduates of the University of La Verne last week, during the commencement ceremony for the Class of 2016.
Washington D.C. –Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, Released the following statement in honor of Memorial Day, after laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery earlier this week.
Washington D.C. –Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues held a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery this morning to honor all of the women who have served our great nation in the Armed Forces.
Washington D.C. –Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, issued the following statement on Friday regarding the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included language introduced by the Congresswoman.
Washington D.C. –Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, welcomed the Hokule’a as it made its way to Washington D.C. via the Potomac River. Many from the local Pacific Island community showed up to join in the festivities and welcome the crew to Washington.
Washington, D.C. –Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, during a legislative hearing, held by the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian, Insular & Alaska Native Affairs, invited a large group of students who were visiting Washington as part of the Close-Up program, onto the dais usually reserved strictly for Committee Members.