Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is happy to welcome a health care grant of over $1.1 million for the American Samoa Department of Health, dedicated to the immunization and vaccines effort for children.
This grant of $1,107,823 is discretionary funding from the U.S Department of...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has introduced a bill in the 117th Congress that would enable any U.S. National who wishes to do so to convert to U.S. citizenship through a simplified procedure with the office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The House bill,...
Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed a health care grant of over $3 million for the American Samoa Department of Health.
This grant, specifically $3,064,625 for our islands’ health centers, is discretionary funding from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed testimony and responses from Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough in a March 25 hearing. In her statement, Congresswoman Amata highlighted the needs of U.S. Veterans in the Freely Associated States (FAS), distant...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata called attention to Ranking Member Bruce Westerman’s public remarks of support regarding a new or modernized LBJ Tropical Medical Center for American Samoa. Ranking Member Westerman (R-Arkansas) has toured LBJ Medical Center with Congresswoman Amata...
Washington, D.C. — Thursday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata commemorated National Medal of Honor Day and released the following statement:
"The National Medal of Honor is reserved for heroic service to the country. Each one is a remarkable story. Each one also started out just like all of our...
Washington, D.C. — Thursday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was delighted to once again congratulate Victor Chen upon his second prestigious Service Academy acceptance. The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has also accepted him, joining the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado in offering a fully...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the need for additional support for American Samoa’s Medicaid program and modernization of LBJ Tropical Medical Center. Amata is an original cosponsor of the Insular Areas Medicaid Parity...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a March 11 hearing of the Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife (WOW). This was the Subcommittee’s first hearing of 2021, following Committee organization last month, but it will take up topics over...
Washington, D.C. — Friday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed official notice of four U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants for American Samoa’s airports through appropriations by Congress in last year’s COVID relief that combine for $1,050,...