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July 17, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting House passage Friday of a 5.2 percent pay raise for the Armed Forces, the largest one-year pay boost in two decades.


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Amata in the Town Hall
July 14, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is thanking those who attended her town hall meeting Tuesday in Tualauta district.Congresswoman Amata speaking at Town Hall

Issues:Culture

July 13, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor with sponsor Congressman Ed Case (D-HI), along with Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA) and Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), in re-introducing this week the bipartisan Boosting Long-term U.S. Engagement in the Pacific (BLUE Pacific) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Issues:Congress

July 13, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor upon introduction Wednesday of the bipartisan Veteran Service Recognition Act, led by House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano (CA-39), with Reps. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (American Samoa), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Lou Correa (CA-46), Juan Vargas (CA-52), Raul Ruiz (CA-25), and María Elvira Salazar (FL-27).


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Landstuhl Medical Center briefings
July 10, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) in her role as Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs that included the Landstuhl Medical Center, an Army medical facility.

Issues:Military

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Amata and Jeffries
July 7, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was invited by Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to take part in a two-day bipartisan Congressional delegation to Trinidad and Tobago. Members of Congress joined U.S.


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June 28, 2023

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement in celebration of the Fourth of July:

Issues:Culture

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Congresswoman Amata with historic photo of Henry Saaga at the Wall in Normandy where his name is engraved
June 28, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting the life and service of Henry William Saaga, U.S. Army, born in Utulei, in Tutuila, and forever remembered at Normandy’s Wall of the Missing in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.

Issues:Veterans

June 26, 2023

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting broadband funds announced Monday from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) passed by Congress in 2021. These funds, specifically $37,564,827.53are for the Broadband, Equity and Deployment (BEAD) program administered by the NTIA as part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.


June 22, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata raised the issue of buying American tuna in a question to White House Council of Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) Chairwoman Brenda Mallory, while voicing concerns about the Biden administration’s plan to expand Marine Monument fishing prohibitions.

Issues:Fisheries