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Washington, D.C.— Congresswoman Aumua Amata this past Thursday announced the introduction of H.R. 4588 Modernizing VA’s Records Management Program Act. This bill, sponsored by Rep. T.J. Cox (D-CA) with original cosponsors Reps. Aumua Amata (R-AS) and Greg Steube (R-FL), would treat digitized...
Washington, D.C— Congresswoman Aumua Amata announced the introduction of H.R. 4589. This bill, sponsored by Rep. TJ Cox (D-CA) with Reps. Aumua Amata (R-AS), Susie Lee (D-NV), and Greg Steube (R-FL), would give permanent authorization for the VA Grant Program for the transportation of highly rural...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed the announcement by House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D-Cali.) that he is leading a bipartisan congressional delegation, in which she will take part, beginning October 1st through the 11th, to the Philippines, Guam,...
Washington, D.C. — Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed the advancement of her request for a third straight year of additional funds for American Samoa’s operations, as the Senate joined the House in including American Samoa’s increase in the appropriations bill for the Interior Department....
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata took part in a joint hearing of the Natural Resources Committee, on which she serves, and the Foreign Affairs Committee, examining the role of the key partnerships the United States has with the Freely Associated States in the Pacific.
The hearing was...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata hailed Senate passage of an extension for American Samoa’s 100 percent federal Medicaid match through November 21, 2019. This follows last week’s vote in the House and sends American Samoa’s additional assistance to President Trump to be signed into law...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed progress for the Small Business Development Centers Improvements Act, H.R. 4406. She co-sponsored this legislation, and the Committee on Small Business passed the bill with bipartisan support.
“We have a Small Business Development Center in...
Na asia e le Faipule o Amerika Samoa i le Konekeresi, Aumua Amata, le nofoaga a le US Marines Camp Pendleton ma ua feiloa’i ai ma nisi o alo o le atunu’u o loo tautua ai. Ua fa’afiafiaina i latou aua ua va’aia fo’i e i latou se tasi o fai ma sui o latou matua ma aiga, ae maise le tatou Malo i le...
Washington, D.C. — Aumua Amata announced she is co-sponsoring the effort to protect the U.S. flag through a Constitutional amendment.
“In American Samoa, we have a very high rate of military service, and we all have friends and family serving under the flag somewhere,” said Aumua Amata. “We also...
Washington, D.C. — Aumua Amata welcomed a federal Department of Transportation grant of $1.5 million for road projects tied to Storm Gita damages.
“These federal funds help our Territory’s efforts to continue to rebuild from our major storm last year,” said Aumua Amata. “I want to specially thank...