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Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata congratulates Dr. Mata’uitafā Temukisa Solomona Fai’ai, Ph.D., M.P.H., on earning her doctorate in Chronic Disease Epidemiology from Yale University. Her doctoral research focused on cardiometabolic health among adolescents in American Samoa.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH) has been awarded a $255,100 federal grant through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen vaccine-preventable disease prevention and response efforts in American Samoa.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is commemorating the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, in memory of the lost lives and heroic stories that are now part of our national history.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following for Labor Day 2026:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH) of $87,718 through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a discretionary preventive health and health services block grant for one year.
The award is through CDC’s National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Tuesday’s final passage by a bipartisan vote of 370-48 of the government funding extension, which was necessary to keep the federal government open after September 30. The House passed the bill that the Senate had passed in August, sending it to President Trump to be signed into law. Upon signing, the government will be funded through December 11.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is in Palau this week at the invitation of Pacific Islands Forum Chairman, Republic of Palau H.E. President Surangel Whipps, Jr., for meetings and events surrounding the 55th PIF Leaders Meeting, which brings Pacific leaders and representatives together in Koror from August 30 through September 4. This year American Samoa is represented by Special Envoy High Chief Salanoa accompanied by ASTCA CEO Folasaitu S. Thomas, and .Department of Port Administration Deputy Director Michael McDonald.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting the last week of public comments for the National Asian Pacific American Museum, the next step in a major project that Congress created to honor Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and their achievements, progress, and lasting impact in strengthening the United States.