Temporary OMB freeze on Federal grant funding affects our budget too
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa woke up yesterday morning to the reality of our financial dependency on the United States, causing somewhat of a panic among local agencies who depend on






![“The goal of good forest management is to preserve more trees for the future. Thank you to Chairman Westerman for reintroducing the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act,” Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata said after passage of the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act, led by Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), who is the only professional forester in the U.S. Congress. [courtesy photo] AMATA WITH CHAIRMAN WESTERMAN](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/congresswoman_amata_and_chairman_westerman.jpg?itok=xUTCXr-4)



