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Honolulu – Speaking at the East-West Center, U.S.

Pago Pago –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata met with US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Stacy Dean yesterday to discuss challenges to American Samoa’s food system due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent supply chain issues.

Pago Pago – Addressing the delegates to this week's Convention as they consider changes to American Samoa's Constitution, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, a member of the Ma'oputasi County delegation to the convention (or ConCon), praised American Samoa for its exercise of self-government while decrying the

Pago Pago – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement: “I am gratified that the Biden administration has once again supported our Territory’s legal position by urging the Supreme Court to allow the Appeals Court ruling to stand. The U.S. officially opposes imposing citizenship on U.S. nationals.

Pago Pago – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of a grant funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) of $389,025 announced by Assistant Secretary Carmen Cantor in a letter Friday to Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga and Congresswoman Aumua Amata.

Pago Pago – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of a grant of $394,521 to the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency (CJPA) from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs and their Office for Victims of Crime.

Pago Pago – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Assistant Secretary of the Interior Carmen Cantor, who landed Thursday on her visit to American Samoa on the same flight as Congresswoman Amata.

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