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Amata in VA Committee hearing 11 January 2024
January 11, 2024
Committee Subpoenas Documents Regarding VA Staff Harassment Allegations Washington, D.C. – Vice Chairman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting a Thursday oversight hearing of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee examining efforts of the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) to serve Veterans in rural or remote locations.
Issues:Veterans

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January 11, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting a healthcare role in U.S. considerations of diplomatic endeavors in the Pacific region.

Issues:Healthcare

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January 10, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a recent notice of a grant of $56,250 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the Pacific Horizons School. The funds from the USDA Rural Development program are for transportation of healthy hot meals for the school, along with supplies and shuttling as needed, to provide a cost-savings and support student health and safety.

Issues:Education

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Amata with Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 10, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day:

Issues:Culture

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Congresswoman Amata with Border Patrol officers and Reps Ron Estes, Burgess Owens and Joe Wilson
January 5, 2024
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata returned to American Samoa on Thursday’s flight, following taking part in Speaker Mike Johnson’s visit to the border in the southwestern United States.
Issues:Immigration

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With President Heine
January 2, 2024
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating Hilda Heine upon her election as President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) through the convened Nitijeļā following the November general elections.

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Members of Congress Amata, Ed Case of Hawaii, and James Moylan of Guam
December 31, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting the congressional activities of the bipartisan Pacific Islands Caucus, which she co-chairs. Efforts during 2023 emphasized U.S. commitment in the region, legislation and funding, and Congress’s role in international partnerships in the Pacific.

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At the Coastwatchers Memorial in Honiara - Uifa’atali Peter T. Coleman served in Solomon Islands during World War II aboard a ship assigned to the Army placing and supporting these Coastwatchers
December 23, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata focused on Veterans throughout 2023, and is providing a year-end summary of the efforts in the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC), one of her three Committee assignments in Congress.

Issues:Veterans

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White House Christmas ball 2023 with President and First Lady Biden, Congresswoman Amata and her son in law Aleksi Aleksiev
December 22, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released a message in celebration of Christmas. “Have a merry Christmas! ‘A merry heart does good like a medicine,’ (Proverbs 17:22).
Issues:Culture

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December 22, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming this week’s notice of a grant of $98,418 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency for efforts to prevent juvenile delinquency.