Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata welcomes a federal grant of $105,034 from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for maternal and child health services in American Samoa. The grant, awarded by HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), will go to the American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomes news on Monday that the Supreme Court of the United States did not take up the Fitisemanu case, allowing the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to stand and in essence confirming the prior Tuaua case in the DC Court of Appeals...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10), and National Depression Screening Day (Oct. 8), which coincide with October as National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month.
While the month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month, October...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a response from the Biden Administration stating that the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) will not be expanded. In a response letter to the Congresswoman’s earlier inquiry, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed passage of government funding that secures American Samoa’s federal matching rate for Medicaid. Known as a Continuing Resolution, the legislation passed the House, then attracted bipartisan support in the Senate and was promptly signed into...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor of a bill introduced Thursday in the House, along with a companion bill in the Senate, to provide local grants that enhance nationwide opportunities for youth to enjoy the outdoors and take part in fishing.
“In American...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed House passage of four bipartisan Veterans bills that she cosponsored, along with commending and voicing support for another, as all five bills were first voted through the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and then were passed by the...
Honolulu, HAWAII — at the East-West Center Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata urged Pacific leaders to insist that the People's Republic of China meet international standards on reducing greenhouse gas emissions that are threatening the very existence of some Pacific Island countries.
“While China...
Pago Pago — Addressing the delegates to this week's Convention as they consider changes to American Samoa's Constitution, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, a member of the Mauputasi County delegation to the convention (or ConCon), praised American Samoa for its exercise of self-government while...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a 44-page response filed yesterday, the American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, asked the U.S Supreme Court to deny a request by three American Samoans living in the Salt Lake City, Utah to review a decision by the majority of the U.S. Tenth...