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Honolulu – Speaking at the East-West Center, U.S. Congresswoman for American SamoaAumua Amata Coleman Radewagen urged Pacific leaders to insist that the People's Republic of China meet international standards on reducing greenhouse gas emissions that are threatening the very existence of some Pacific Island countries. “While China says the right things it doesn’t do the right things,” said the four-term member of the 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 efforts of outsiders to override self-determination through the federal court system, with the Supreme Court expected to consider later this month whether to hear a case that would impose U.S.
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. This is consistent with prior presidential administrations, and the courts have time and again ruled in favor of American Samoa’s obvious right to self-determination.
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.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomes notification from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) of a grant of just over $4.75 million supporting seniors, those with disabilities, and other key services.
Manila – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was part of the first U.S. congressional delegation to meet with recently inaugurated President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., in the Philippines.