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WASHINGTON, D.C. - In honor of Women’s History Month, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-Calif.), reauthorized the bipartisan Women Veteran Task Force (WVTF), with Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa) serving as Chairman and Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) serving as Co-Chair. |
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a federal funding notification this week from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of over $3.2 million.
This discretionary grant of $3,245,016 for American Samoa Department of Health is aimed at strengthening public health including infrastructure and workforce.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is always delighted to meet up with Service Members from American Samoa, and with Congress out of session last week, she went on a whirlwind tour of eight major military installations in multiple states along the U.S. East Coast.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, together with sponsor Rep.Michelle Steel (R-CA) and six other cosponsors, took part Friday in introducing a bipartisan resolution honoring the 190th anniversary of the historic first agreement signed between the United States and Thailand, the 1833 Treaty of Amity and Commerce.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was delighted to meet up with many troops from American Samoa in her first stop Wednesday at Fort Lee in Virginia, before continuing to other major military installations in several states along the U.S. East Coast, with reports on those visits and the Samoan Service Members at those locations to follow.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting efforts underway in the Natural Resources Committee to rein in rising energy and fuel costs around the country, which is a major factor in inflationary price increases on food and other products due to the added burden in shipping and transport.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (CNMI), and Congressman James Moylan (Guam) along with former Congressman Robert Underwood met together Wednesday with APIA Scholars to discuss the educational needs of Pacific Islanders throughout the U.S. and higher education.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata highlighted this week’s continuation of a series of House/Senate Joint Hearings on veterans’ issues, passage of four Veterans’ bills, and the DC office visit of the VFW of Hawai’i to talk about issues of importance to Veterans.