Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata raised two key priorities for American Samoa in a Thursday hearing with Biden Administration officials to build a foundation for the legislative efforts, which would allow simpler conversion to citizenship for any U.S. National choosing to do so as an individual, and implement a constitutional change that the people of American Samoa voted for and the Fono (Territory Legislature) has called for in a Resolution. As neither proposal is costly to the federal Treasury, Congresswoman Amata is seeking to build bipartisan consensus to advance these efforts.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, along with Awareness Day on October 13th, and is a co-sponsor of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act (H.R. 549).

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, a Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement condemning the attacks against Israel. “I’ve had the great joy to visit Israel and to see Jerusalem, an important and historic site to people of faith all over the world. The people of Israel are enduring sudden brutal attacks, loss of life, and destruction.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting federal funding of $4,193,840 from the Department of the Interior (DOI) through the Office of Insular Affairs’ Energizing Insular Communities (EIC) program. 

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating ASCC for a new federal grant of $400,000 yearly for three years, totaling $1.2 million. These ANA grant funds are due to the application efforts of State Director Tafaimamao “Tafa” Lefu Tua Tupuola of ASCC’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming bipartisan House passage Saturday of a 45-day government funding bill to prevent a shutdown. The Continuing Resolution (CR), passed by a vote of 335-91, maintains current fiscal year 2023 funding at the start of the new fiscal year on October 1, 2023, providing another month and a half to negotiate and pass the major appropriations bills necessary for each federal department of the administration.