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people gather at the Supreme Court on the morning after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —  “Justice Ginsburg lived a wonderful American life story. Her career and her strength in adversity, became an inspiration, especially to so many women and girls. She was committed to her convictions, yet she was dear friends with Justices who had different strong...
Amata in screenshot from You Tube
Washington, D.C. — Thursday, September 17, 2020 — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed Committee action late last week and progress on a number of Veterans’ bills, including several she has cosponsored. Congresswoman Amata took part in this hearing remotely on September 10th, in which the Committee...
Congresswoman Aumua Amata
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...
Aumua Amata speaking remotely with  Task Force Chairwoman Julia Brownley
Pago Pago — Last 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. The United States now has two million women Veterans, and women are the fastest growing sub population of both...
Keep Going — Suicide Prevention Month graphic
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata highlighted National Suicide Prevention Month (September) with the following statement:  “We are making progress in many areas of mental health and removing any outdated sense of stigma associated with seeking treatment or...
9-11 graphic
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United States Flag and the American Samoa flags are both being flown at half-staff today, Sept. 11th, at government facilities in American Samoa, as ordered yesterday by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga in keeping with the proclamation issued by US President Donald Trump in...
Congresswoman Aumua Amata
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed another CARES Act grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of $529,150, part of a third wave of HUD funding that included American Samoa in each step, as announced by Secretary Dr. Ben Carson. This...
Congresswoman Aumua Amata
Pago Pago —  Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata released the following statement for Labor Day 2020: "This year’s economic interruptions helped emphasize how everyone’s job is important, and what a blessing a job can be. Many jobs are part of the food and supply chain, or important to the survival...
Congresswoman Amata and a group of Close Up students
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs’ (OIA) Technical Assistance Program (TAP) is proving funding through the Close Up Foundation and the Micronesia Conservation Trust for students from the U.S. territories and freely associated states.    “This funding will...
Congresswoman Aumua Amata with ASPA acting Execitive director Wallon Young
Washington, D.C. — Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a Pacific Basin health grant for the American Samoa Department of Health. The discretionary grant of $167,000 is through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA...

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