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Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming a grant for the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) of over $1.2 million through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
This award provides $1,200,749.98 in federal funding for the replacement project resulting from the destruction of the Satala Operations Building from 2009 tsunami damages (FEMA-DR-1859-AS Earthquake, Tsunami, and Flooding https://www.fema.gov/disaster/1859.)
Laumua i Uosigitone – Aso Gafua, Ua talisapai nei e le Tamaitaikonekeresi ia Aumua Amata se tala fou e uiga i le manuia o nonoga tupe e 61 mai le Tulafono CARES e fesoasoani i falefaigaluega i totonu o Amerika Samoa e ala atu i le Porokalama e Puipui ai Totogi a le Taupulega mo Pisinisi Laiti.
Washington, D.C. – Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming news of 61 successful CARES Act assistance loans for employers in American Samoa through the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program.
Laumua i Uosigitone—Ua talisapaia e le Tamaitaikonekeresi ia Aumua Amata i le vaiaso nei le sainia e le Peresetene ia Trump e avea ma tulafono se pili sa suilagolago ai le tamaitai e fesoasoani ai i Vetereni o loo aooga ua felavei a latou aoga ona o le ma'i pesi. O lea Pili faifaatasi a itufaaupufai e Tali i le Coronavirus Vetereni o loo Aooga i le 2020, H.R. 6322, na faauluina i le faaiuga o Mati i totonu o le Komiti a le Maota i Mataupu tau Vetereni ua avea nei o se tulafono.
Laumua i Uosigitone – O le vaiaso nei na auai ai le Tamaitaikonekeresi ia Aumua Amata i se taeao iloga i le talaaga o le Maota o Sui a le Iunaite Setete, e pei ona feagai ai le Komiti o Mataupu tau Vetereni ma le uluai usugafono faifaatasi a itufaaupufai e le auai le tino ae fesootai i komipiuta (virtual forum).
Washington, D.C.—This week, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming President Trump's signing into law a bill she cosponsored helping student Veterans whose educations have been interrupted by the pandemic. The bipartisan Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, H.R. 6322, introduced in late March in the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs is now law. This Act provides new assistance to student Veterans during and after the COVID-19 delay in their academic plans.
Washington, D.C. – This week, Congresswoman Aumua Amata took part in a historic moment in the U.S. House of Representatives, as the Committee on Veterans' Affairs held the first-ever bipartisan virtual forum.
Congresswoman Amata took part in the remote forum from American Samoa's congressional office, which included many of the usual procedures led by the Chairman. The forum was titled Coronavirus Pandemic Response. It examined the impact of economic and health services, with a particular focus on homeless Veterans.
Washington, D.C. – Saturday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is reminding small businesses and employers that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) re-starts Monday. On Friday afternoon, President Trump signed the $484 billion Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, which passed the House late Thursday with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 388-5.
Laumua i Uosigitone – Aso Toanai, Ua faamanatu e le Tamaitaikonekeresi ia Aumua Amata i pisinisi laiti ma falefaigaluega e toe amata i le Aso Gafua le Porokalama e Puipui ai Totogi. O le aoauli o le Aso Faraile na sainia ai e le Peresetene ia Trump le $484 piliona o le Pili mo le Porokalama e Puipui ai Totogi ma le Faaleleia o Tausiga Faasoifuamaloloina, lea na pasia e le Maota i le faaiuga o le Aso Tofi i se palota e 388-5 na matua fulisia ai itufaaupufai e lua.
Washington, D.C. – Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming $411,385 in CARES Act funds for American Samoa's health priorities through the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department.
These CARES Act resources are for the Territory to work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on improving mortality, expanding testing, better tracking of any cases, managing any high-risk areas or populations, monitoring health system capacity, and containment.