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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is honoring the leadership of Coach Kenneth Va’a Niumatalolo upon his 15 years of influencing many of our nation’s young military leaders in the Navy football program at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, where he is the winningest coach in Midshipmen history.
Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata highlighted overwhelming bipartisan House passage Thursday of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), sending the major Fiscal Year 2023 legislation to the U.S. Senate for final passage.
Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata attended Tuesday’s ceremony at the United States Capitol Rotunda honoring the Capitol Police and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, who responded to the Capitol on January 6, 2021. They were awarded the U.S. Congress’s highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal.
Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is celebrating the announcement of two grants for the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH) that will increase data collection and analysis, as well as further COVID vaccination support in American Samoa.
Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is commemorating National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, which marks 81 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of National Coast Resilience Funds (NCRF) of over $1.67 million ($1,673,100) for American Samoa Department of Commerce (ASDOC) announced by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is celebrating the announcement of a $1,909,802.70 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center (LBJ). The grant is the last installment of a two-part federal award to LBJ, with the first grant of $1.9 million being announced in September.
Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is celebrating the announcement of a $3,425,012 federal grant from the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) for American Samoa. The grant, part of the CDC’s Strengthening US Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems program, ensures that public health departments across the country have the people, services, and systems they need to protect and promote public health.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of a health grant, following the application process by the American Samoa Department of Health, to ensure available care and treatment for HIV, HV, and TB.
“Thank you first of all to Ruth Te’o for her leadership on this effort, and congratulations to Director Motusa Nua, and everyone taking part in this work at LBJ Tropical Medical Center,” said Aumua Amata.