Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting a federal funding notification from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the amount of $1,339,555 for American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata will serve on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for the 119th Congress, including her role as Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, where she will continue to work with Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim (R-CA).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is delighted to announce the nominations of 12 excellent students from American Samoa for consideration by the prestigious military service academies this year, following the applications of 18 students to Congresswoman Aumua Amata. Several students applied to two academies, so there are 15 nominations in all.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata and Governor Pulaali’i Nikolao Pula attended the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, and Amata applauded the President’s call for a strong but peaceable America and a reinvigorated economy. Governor Pula and a group of the nation’s governors had the opportunity of an audience with President Trump after his inaugural speech.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) to end what he called “the
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has introduced a renewal of the American Samoa Economic Development Credit, a tax extender long known as 30A based on the section of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) code, as H.R. 399 in the 119th Congress.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata will serve on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) for the 119th Congress, and as Vice Chairman of the full Committee in recognition of her seniority as a longstanding part of the Committee, where she has served since the people of American Samoa first sent her to represent them in Congress.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata joined Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland at the Department of the Interior (DOI) headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Thursday for the signing of a Decision Memorandum so that American Samoa can now implement constitutional amendments.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day:
“Each year in the United States we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., because of the enormous role his message has had in shaping modern civil rights, even beyond the borders of the United States, but especially deeply influencing American thought, academics, laws, politics, and more.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata will serve again on the House Natural Resources Committee (HNR), as she has throughout her time in Congress, this time with an added Subcommittee vice chairmanship responsibility for the 119th Congress.