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Small Business Committee Roundtable Aumua Amata Steve Chabot Comer
September 18, 2020

Pago Pago – Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming Committee passage this week of her bipartisan small business bill, which she introduced the week before with Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pennsylvania). The Parity for HUBZone Appeals Act (H.R. 8229) directs the Small Business Administration (SBA) to authorize the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) to hear HUBZone appeals.


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Eisenhower Memorial
September 18, 2020

Pago Pago – Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata highlighted President Eisenhower's enduring legacy of promoting local leadership in American Samoa and other Pacific Islands, upon the opening day for the public to view the new Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in D.C.

Issues:Culture

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Congresswoman Aumua and Director Motusa Nua
September 17, 2020

Pago Pago – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is congratulating the American Samoa Department of Health upon a grant notification of $84,498 through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

This discretionary block grant is for Preventive Health and Health Services from HHS's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (OT).

Issues:Healthcare

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Congresswoman Amata, Ranking Member Dr. Roe and Chairman Mark Takano in Veterans' Committee
September 17, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed Committee action late last week and progress on a number of Veterans' bills, including several she has cosponsored.

Issues:Veterans

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Amata and other Members of Congress also met with Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu
September 16, 2020

Pago Pago – Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata released the following statement welcoming the normalization of relations between Israel and the U.A.E. and Bahrain:


September 15, 2020

Pago Pago – Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a STOP Violence Against Women federal grant of $617,983 for services in American Samoa.

This federal funding to the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency is through the U.S. Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), led by Principal Deputy Attorney General Laura L. Rogers. OVW is part of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), under Attorney General William Barr.


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Congresswoman Amata in remote HVAC hearing with Task Force Chairwoman Julia Brownley on screen (file photo)
September 15, 2020

Pago Pago – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata hailed reauthorization this past Thursday of the Women Veterans Task Force, on which she serves, by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Issues:Veterans

September 15, 2020

Pago Pago – Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed notification of federal funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of $436,368 for the American Samoa EPA.

"Congratulations especially to Director Fa'amao Asalele upon this grant notification, part of a five year plan," said Aumua Amata. "Federal funds like these are essential to our local services. In this case, funding is for efforts to protect drinking water and other environmental services. Thank you to everyone at ASEPA."

Issues:Environment

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9-11
September 10, 2020

Pago Pago – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata released the following statement remembering September 11th:

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keepgoing
September 10, 2020

Pago Pago — Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata highlighted National Suicide Prevention Month (September) with the following statement:

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Issues:Healthcare