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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Friday’s announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of millions in investment in American Samoa from this year’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, recently passed by Congress and signed by President Biden on November 15, 2021.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a prompt bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate, only hours after the House vote Thursday, that fully funds the U.S. government through February 18, 2022, sending the bill to President Biden to be signed into law in time to prevent a shutdown. Without action, a shutdown would have started over the weekend and could have led to reduced nonessential services.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Thursday’s House vote to fund the U.S. government through February 18, 2022, including a Medicaid extension at current levels. This action allows Congress more time to complete yearly appropriations, preserving American Samoa’s federal Medicaid support while long-term legislation is considered that is expected to extend Medicaid for multiple years.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has highlighted to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo how an issue with the 2020 Census count affects American Samoa, due to the many residents who were stranded away from their homes during the Census effort.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement for Thanksgiving Day 2021:

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is updating the continued progress of local hospital infrastructure, Medicaid, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) funds, which passed the House on Friday as part of the major budget reconciliation bill, titled the Build Back Better (BBB) Act.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming bipartisan House passage Wednesday by a vote of 420-4 of legislation she cosponsored to establish a new committee of Veterans from the islands to advise the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) and the VA Secretary on Veterans’ issues affecting them. These advising Veterans would be from the five U.S. Territories and the three Freely Associated States to provide direct input about VA services to the insular areas.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata voted in the Natural Resources Committee for the American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act of 2021, H.R. 3128, which was passed and will be sent to the full House of Representatives. Congresswoman Amata was the sole original cosponsor upon the bill’s introduction in June by Dean of the House Congressman Don Young (R-Alaska).