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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released a message in celebration of Christmas. “Have a merry Christmas! ‘A merry heart does good like a medicine,’ (Proverbs 17:22).

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming this week’s notice of a grant of $98,418 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency for efforts to prevent juvenile delinquency.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata on Thursday filed a letter in support of the amici brief (here) in the Supreme Court concerning abusive use of the Antiquities Act, which has been used to create and expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM).

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting the past year’s legislation as part of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), one of her three committees, and related international work.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is reviewing the year’s work in the House Natural Resources Committee, one of her three committees, highlighting the passage of the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act she sponsored, and her chairmanship of the Committee’s Indo-Pacific Task Force.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming an important legislative step forward for a Wagner-Peyser job training program that, upon final passage, would finally include American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, a priority that she has worked for alongside Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan of CNMI.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming the return of Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis to the United States. “We have prayed for this, and advocated for it, alongside his family, and other strong voices in Congress who called for his return to the United States,” said Congresswoman Amata. “He is Samoan, and serves our country, and I’m thankful to know that finally he is back in the U.S. where he belongs.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming passage in the House Foreign Affairs Committee of her bill, H.R. 6606, for consideration by the full House of Representatives.