Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part this week in a historic CODEL visit to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), led by House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), where they met with top-ranking officials in the Micronesian government. The...
Solomon Islands — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata with Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) of the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party traveled to Solomon Islands, meeting with Solomon officials and community leaders earlier this week. In visiting Guadalcanal, Congresswoman Amata and...
Canberra, AUSTRALIA — Uifa’atali Amata is taking part in a Congressional Delegation to Australia led by Chairman Mike Gallagher of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, in which the Members of Congress participated in the Australian American Leadership Dialogue (AALD), and...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata took part in examination of a bill she sponsored, with Congressman Ed Case (D-HI) as the original cosponsor, the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act, H.R. 1792, a bipartisan effort to congressionally direct full implementation of the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, as...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata’s recent visit to the territory she held a hall meeting in Tualauta district.
“We had such a great crowd turn out, and the room was filled,” said Congresswoman Amata who thanked the crowd for attending. “I’m always pleased to see a good...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) in her role as Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs that included the Landstuhl Medical Center, an Army medical facility.
“Our military conducts healthcare all over the world,...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was invited by Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to take part in a two-day bipartisan Congressional delegation to Trinidad and Tobago. Members of Congress joined U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting the life and service of Henry William Saaga, U.S. Army, born in Utulei, in Tutuila, and forever remembered at Normandy’s Wall of the Missing in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
Congresswoman Amata is part of a...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a bipartisan 10-Member Congressional Delegation (CODEL) that participated in the 86th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting of the Transatlantic Legislators Dialogue (TLD) in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 16-17, with eight select members of the...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata chaired the first oversight hearing Wednesday of the House Committee on Natural Resources Indo-Pacific Task Force. The Congresswoman along with Co-Chair Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-CNMI) led the bipartisan examination of how the Compacts of Free...

![Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata (3rd left) with FSM President Wesley W. Simina (4th left) and other members of the CODEL. [courtesy photo] Amata and CODE with FSM President Wesley W. Simina](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/codel_group_with_simina.jpg?itok=z8XNGO4Q)
![Congresswoman Amata along with Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) at the Coastwatchers Memorial in Honiara. The visit had special meaning to Amata as her father, Uifa’atali Peter T. Coleman as a young U.S. Army officer served in Solomon Islands for a time during World War II aboard a ship assigned to Army supply, and placing and supporting coastwatchers in the islands. [courtesy photo] Congresswoman Amata along with Rep. Neal Dunn](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/coastwatchers.jpg?itok=SXNiCJXU)
![“It’s important to our friends throughout the Pacific Islands to fully see this resolve through, with its emphasis on region-wide stability,” Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata said in her speech at the the Australian American Leadership Dialogue, where leaders are working to bolster a secure Pacific. [courtesy photo] Amata speaking at Australian American Leadership Dialogue](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_speaking_in_australia.jpg?itok=pc2zLRO0)

![A large crowd gathered at High Chief Leomiti Faitamai’s guest house last week for Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata’s recent town hall gathering for in Tualauta district where she briefed constituents on legislation affecting American Samoa and took questions from the crowd. [courtesy photo] Amata with Town Hall participants](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_speaking_at_town_hall.jpg?itok=Y7nFcmrg)
![Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata and other CODEL members during a briefing at Landstuhl Medical Center, the U.S. Army’s medical facility in Germany. [courtesy photo] Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata and other CODEL member](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/landstuhl_medical_center_briefings.jpg?itok=_KHBtg4_)
![“I have the honor of representing American Samoa wherever I go, and I appreciate Leader Jeffries’ invitation to include the perspective of an island representative in this delegation to island nations,” said Congresswoman Amata. [courtesy photo] Amata with Hakeem Jeffries and Secretry of State Blinken](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/12719.jpg?itok=KsX8bcLZ)
![Congresswoman Amata with historic photo of Henry Saaga at the Wall in Normandy where his name is engraved. “He was among the brave forces storming the Normandy beaches, and one of the thousands of U.S. and British soldiers lost in gaining the vital footholds that allowed the Allies to go on to victory in Europe.” [courtesy photo] amata with photo of Saaga](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_w_photo_of_saaga.jpg?itok=lSK3bIHM)
![Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata (2nd right facing camera) taking part in discussions with other U.S. Representatives and members of the European Parliament. [courtesy photo] Amata in discussions with other U.S. Representatives and members of the European Parliament.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/discussions_in_sweden.jpg?itok=Y4DIcH_0)
![Task Force Chairman Amata and Co-Chairman Sablan in House Natural Resources Committee Indo-Pacific Task Force Hearing on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. [courtesy photo] Task Force Chairman Amata and Co-Chairman Sablan](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/indo-pacific_task_force_hearing.jpg?itok=CMUZwyyj)