Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming recent House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) passage of a bill she cosponsored to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign physicians of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to temporarily serve as traveling physicians in the territories, strengthening healthcare services to veterans in the islands. 

Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed announcement of two grants, each $300,000, for the airports at Ofu and Fitiuta, Ta'u, from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), part of the U.S. Department of Transportation. 

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice this week of $617,640 in federal funds for the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program. 

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting the announcement of an investment from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from congressionally authorized and appropriated funding that will benefit families and communities throughout American Samoa.

Pago Pago, American Samoa – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata announced today that the U.S. Congress has approved $2,437,602 in funding through the Federal Highway Administration’s Ferry Boat Program to support a new inter-island ferry for the Manuʻa Islands. This grant will fund the design, construction, and delivery of a modern ferry to replace aging vessels, ensuring safe, reliable, and consistent transportation for passengers and cargo within the Manuʻa Islands.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is fighting for American Samoa’s funding. This week, in efforts that have already been underway for days, she took part in a major group letter by Members of Congress working to preserve FEMA funding nationwide, including American Samoa’s funding, and separately co-signed a letter on another funding issue with Rep. Kimberlyn King-Hinds of CNMI. 

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is celebrating the 235^th birthday of the United States Coast Guard. On August 4^th, 1790, President George Washington signed a bill passed by Congress that authorized ten revenue cutters, initially under Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton to enforce tariff laws and prevent smuggling, and their mission has grown over the years, now protecting many thousands of miles of coastal waters.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was made welcome by a roundtable meeting of the Pacific Consular Corps for Pacific Islands nations at the East-West Center in Hawaii, and she provided an update from Congress. 

Amata was able to attend the roundtable en route to the funeral of her good friend, Governor Arnold Palacios, a statesman for the people of the Northern Marianas Islands, and opened her remarks by honoring his life and leadership.