Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amataheld a Veterans townhall meeting, organized upon the Congresswoman’s arrival in response to interest from the Veterans. She is traveling from DC to American Samoa, and the flight schedule allowed an opening for a listening session estimated between 90 minutes and two hours, attended by a number of American Samoa’s Veterans at the Airport Honolulu Hotel on Sunday.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amatatook part in welcoming key U.S. Senators and her House colleagues as their Congressional Delegation (CODEL) on a U.S. Air Force flight landed in American Samoa, as did Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting House passage of a slate of 14 Natural Resources bills supporting protections and management of areas around the country, including promoting coastal resiliency.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming two additional grants from the U.S. Department of Justice for American Samoa, which has sent a series of grant notices in recent weeks for the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency (CJPA) led by Director Mariana Timu-Faiai.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming congressional notice from the National Park Service of federal grant funding totaling $4.8 million ($4,782,160.96) from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) for four projects in American Samoa.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting notice of a new grant of $500,000 in federal funding for local mental health and substance abuse services, specifically opioid efforts.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting two more grants from the U.S. Department of Justice for American Samoa. The grants, from different programs, include a grant for the American Samoa Alliance Against Domestic and Sexual Violence of $367,379 for the next year of the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amataspoke on the House floor on Monday, emphasizing the importance of U.S. efforts to protect religious freedoms worldwide, while serving as Floor Manager for House passage of the reauthorization of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), S. 3764, a bipartisan effort which passed by a vote of 365-20.