Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in the examination of a bill she sponsored, with Congressman Ed Case (D-HI) as the original cosponsor, the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act, H.R. 1792, a bipartisan effort to congressionally direct full implementation of the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, as negotiated among the U.S. and Pacific nations.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting six bills she cosponsored that were passed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) as part of a slate of a dozen bills voted on Wednesday for consideration by the full House of Representatives.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) passage in votes Wednesday of 11 bills addressing various Veterans’ issues, including two bills she cosponsored. The next legislative step will be consideration by the whole House of Representatives.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata on Tuesday chaired the House Committee on Natural Resources Indo-Pacific Task Force oversight hearing on the Biden Administration's proposed Compact of Free Association (COFA) amendments.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting House passage Friday of a 5.2 percent pay raise for the Armed Forces, the largest one-year pay boost in two decades.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is thanking those who attended her town hall meeting Tuesday in Tualauta district.Congresswoman Amata speaking at Town Hall
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor with sponsor Congressman Ed Case (D-HI), along with Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA) and Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), in re-introducing this week the bipartisan Boosting Long-term U.S. Engagement in the Pacific (BLUE Pacific) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor upon introduction Wednesday of the bipartisan Veteran Service Recognition Act, led by House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano (CA-39), with Reps. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (American Samoa), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Lou Correa (CA-46), Juan Vargas (CA-52), Raul Ruiz (CA-25), and María Elvira Salazar (FL-27).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) in her role as Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs that included the Landstuhl Medical Center, an Army medical facility.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was invited by Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to take part in a two-day bipartisan Congressional delegation to Trinidad and Tobago. Members of Congress joined U.S.