Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of yearly support benefiting American Samoa’s students in the Close Up program from the Interior Department’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata visited and thanked American Samoa’s firefighters over the weekend where they are stationed in California’s wildfire camp. Aumua Amata gave remarks in Samoan, observed a briefing and joined them for a meal, and the firefighters took time for a prayer and a hymn.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata emphasized and supported a Resolution by the American Samoa Senate by sending it to the leadership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to highlight its message.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata attended last week’s 30th anniversary celebration of the groundbreaking 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which provided protections and support for victims of domestic violence, and is funded by Congress annually with bipartisan support.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of $617,851 in federal funds for the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program under the leadership of CJPA Director Mariana Timu-Faiai.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement remembering September 11, 2001:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Wednesday’s action in a U.S. Senate legislative hearing that moves forward her House-passed bill for American Samoa, H.R. 6062. This self-determination bill, in fulfillment of a unanimous request by a Fono Resolution and Governor Lemanu P.S.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata on Tuesday led the Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs’ oversight hearing on the implementation of the Compacts of Free Association (COFA) Amendments Act of 2024. Video of the hearing is available HERE.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata’s Chief of Staff Leafaina “Ina” Tavai represented her in attending the first White House Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Convening, Friday, September 6th, at the White House’s historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOC).