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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata’s District Office staff, led by her District Director, Dr. Uta Laloulu Tagoilelagi, met earlier this month with officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to discuss Medicaid services, travel, needs and priorities.

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming an announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the American Samoa Government’s Department of Public Works (DPW) has been awarded an $800,000 federal grant through the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant Program.

PAGO PAGO, AS - Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating University of Arizona student Haylie-Jeanette Tuiasosopo on completing her internship with the American Samoa District Office.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, traveling at the request of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), led the Radewagen CODEL with Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) over the weekend to Colombia for the new President’s inauguration, ensuring that the Committee was appropriately represented there. 

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Senate passage of a government funding extension bill to keep the federal government open when the fiscal year ends at midnight after September 30. The Senate’s version, passed 90-6, would fund the government across the board at current rates until December 11, one week longer than the House version, which was passed in late July.