sba update
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata provided a weekly update of the Small Business Administration (SBA) assistance programs for American Samoa, and said the combined total is now $12.2 million. That total is now 226 loans in two programs along with 132 emergency advances for a new sum of $...

![Congresswoman Amata spoke on the House floor prior to passage of the CARES Act that became law March 27 and funds small business relief programs. [screenshot from C-Span] Aumua Amata in a screenshot from C-Span](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/congresswoman_amata_speaking_on_cares_act.jpg?itok=j3xQN8_4)