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Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata

Amata with Gov. Lemanu
Washington, D.C. — American Samoa is receiving grants totaling $1.7 million ($1,681,971) funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) as notified by Assistant Secretary Carmen Cantor in a letter to Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga and Congresswoman Aumua Amata. The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA),...
Congresswoman Amata with President Hilda Heine and her husband
Washington, D.C. — crucial House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing Thursday examining Congresswoman Amata’s bill to restore self-determination to American Samoa, was followed by a snowstorm grounding most flights out of Washington on Friday, where she attended the Inauguration of President...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata isreporting the past year’s legislation as part of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), one of her three committees, and related international work. “It was both humbling and an honor this year to receive a rare waiver allowing me to serve on...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata speaking
Washington, D.C. — U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a vote of 310-118, sending the legislation to President Biden to sign into law. This major annual legislation authorizes Pentagon operations across the board, with...
Washington, D.C. — "I'm always humbled to serve as your representative to Washington, D.C.,  and I'm very thankful to each of you for the support and good advice  over these years. I'm especially thankful to God for all the blessings  that enable me to work for you in Congress. Proverbs 11:14...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. —  Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting a federal funding notification from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the amount of $643,500 for American Samoa Department of Health. This is a discretionary grant for cancer prevention and control programs.   “First of all...
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Washington, D.C. — In a letter to Senator Zed Seselja, Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, following a recent video conference call with members of the Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus, Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata called American Samoa one of the three anchors...
Cong. Uifaatali Amata
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed a response to her recent inquiries from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announcing a $2.3 million boost in total available Medicaid funding in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (beginning October 1) from $85.5 to 87.8 million,...
Dear Editor,   In my call for Mr. Charles Alailima to tell me why determination of citizenship is not a component of and comes before self-determination, he reproduced the testimony he submitted to Congress in support of HRes 279, which appears to be stalled in Committee.  When you strip away all...
Dear Editor: I would respectfully disagree with Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata's statement in her recently published letter that I have not addressed self-determination in the context of this citizenship lawsuit. In my May 26, 2021 letter to the House Resources Committee, a Committee on which...