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Washington, D.C.—Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata testified before the leaders of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, and made the case for American Samoa's operations funding, especially highlighting the needs at LBJ Tropical Medical Center.

Washington, D.C.—Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is emphasizing the importance of everyone in the islands being counted in the Census.

"Absolutely everyone should be included in the count, and take part in the Census," said Aumua Amata. "The purpose of the Census is to determine how many people are here, whether you were born here or work here or moved here. I want to thank the Census for doing educational outreach to the Pacific region to help make sure we are all counted."

Washington, D.C.—Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata hailed President Trump's signing into law of the bipartisan $8 billion supplemental emergency funding act for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Washington, D.C.—Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata expressed support for the programs that American Samoa Community College (ASCC) relies on for grant funding. This week, ASCC Director of Agriculture, Community and National Resources Division Aufa'i Apulu Ropeti Areta was in Washington, visited the American Samoa congressional office, and met with Legislative Director Richard Stanton to discuss ASCC grant funding requests for agriculture research, food safety, environmental protection and education programs.

Washington, D.C.—Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed bipartisan House passage of an $8 billion supplemental emergency funding package for comprehensive prevention and containment of COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus.

Washington, D.C. – Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is passing along the health recommendations that her office received February 28th from the Office of the Attending Physician in the U.S. House of Representatives, which echo the CDC.

Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a $235,000 federal health grant to fund the hearing program for newborn babies.

Washington, D.C.—Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata expressed support for President Trump's supplemental budget request for an additional $1.25 billion to strengthen the prevention and containment of COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus.

"I support the efforts by both the Congress and the Administration, and these funds are the logical next step," said Aumua Amata. "All reasonable steps should be taken to ensure the country's full resources can quickly move in support of any community that might experience a need to help contain an outbreak."