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Washington, D.C. –Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and Congressman Joe Wilson took time over the past weekend to visit the soldiers at Ft. Jackson, S.C. The Congresswoman and Congressman were there to join the soldiers and the local Pacific Islander community in celebrating Guam Liberation Day.

Washington, D.C. –Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, was informed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that the department will provide $742,000 to health centers in American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands to assist in local efforts to combat the Zika virus.

Washington, D.C. –Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and her fellow colleagues in the House of Representatives welcomed over 400 student artists to Washington, D.C. yesterday. The students are in Washington as part of the annual Congressional Art Competition. Mr. Benjamin (AJ) Liaga of Samoana High School won this year’s competition in American Samoa with his entry entitled Folauga.

Washington, D.C. –Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, announced earlier today, that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Grant Service Office has issued $250,000 in discretionary funds to the American Samoa Department of Health as part of the Pacific Basin Program.

Washington D.C. –Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and a few of her colleagues from the House Veterans Affairs Committee spoke to the press regarding the passage of
H.R. 3936, the Veteran Engagement Team Act (VET Act), this afternoon in front of the United States Capitol.

Washington D.C. –Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court denied the appeal to hear the Tuaua Case, which had been ruled down in District Court last year.

“The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will not consider further, an appeal by lawyers in the Tuaua case, in which a small group of Samoans residing in American Samoa and on the U.S. Mainland together, sought to have U.S. citizenship as a right of birth in American Samoa.

Washington D.C. –Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Puerto Rico debt restructuring legislation, H.R. 5278, better known as PROMESA.

Washington D.C. –Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, spoke to the new graduates of the University of La Verne last week, during the commencement ceremony for the Class of 2016.