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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating Colonel Robert L. Le’iato, now the 43rd Commandant of the U.S. Army Finance and Comptroller School, and Commander of the U.S. Army Finance Corps. Congresswoman Amata’s Chief of Staff, Col. Leafaina Tavai, U.S. Army (Ret.), attended his command ceremony on Tuesday at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highly supportive of the new bipartisan Task Force appointed to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Trump and all related security and procedural questions. The Task Force announced Monday follows bipartisan House passage of H. Res. 1367, passed by a vote of 416-0 on July 24th.

Maintains Operations Funds with $3 Million for ASCC Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming this week’s House passage of the Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2025, H.R. 8998, that funds American Samoa’s DOI Operations fund, and all federal interior and insular grants and services, as well as local EPA grants and the work of EPA Region 9.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata attended Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to Congress on July 24th. “Just a few years ago we celebrated the peaceful advancements of the Abraham Accords, and last year, we celebrated with Israel for their 75th anniversary. Then the world changed with the terrible shock of the horrific attack on October 7th.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a federal funding notice of $790,056 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control in American Samoa. “Thank you especially to Jacki Tulafono for her dedicated work on this grant to enhance our capacity to prevent and control infectious diseases in American Samoa,” said Aumua Amata. “These funds cover one year of a five-year project to effectively respond to emerging health threats and protect our community. Congratulations to Health Director Motusa Nua and all the hardworking health professionals that serve our community.”

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is honoring the life of Senator James Inhofe, who retired from the U.S. Senate in January 2023. “Senator Jim Inhofe was Oklahoma’s longest-serving senator, in the Senate more than 27 years, after he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for four terms. Before that he was Mayor of Tulsa, and a state legislator totaling some 56 years of public service, after time in the U.S. Army. I knew him already in the 1990s, as I worked for Congressman J.C. Watts, his colleague from the Oklahoma congressional delegation,” said Aumua Amata. “He came through American Samoa with a congressional delegation a few years ago, and I spoke to him there and after he came back to Washington, D.C. at the time.”