The Chair of the House Retirement Committee, Rep Trude Ledoux-Sunia on Tuesday updated House members regarding ASG’s debt to the American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund.
According to the latest update from the Retirement Office as of the last pay period ending January 3, ASG owes a total of $21.7 million.
The employer share that remains unpaid totals $21,011,185 while the unpaid employee share is $750,561.
The report also indicated that ASG paid just two pay periods of the employer share but it was only 8%, not the required 14%.
Rep Ledoux Sunia is calling a hearing with the Retirement Office next week to discuss the debt.
The House and Senate convened in their chambers in the new Maota Fono on Tuesday.
Several representatives said it was an honor to occupy the seats of their districts in the new building.
Rep Ledoux-Sunia said she was honored to represent her district, knowing the hard work that went into the building and the funding from the territory’s hard earned money.
“I am humbled to be sitting in the new Fono building, in my district’s seat,” she said. “This seat is my people’s seat, not my own and I do not take it lightly.”
She expressed gratitude and appreciation on behalf of her district to the Speaker, Senate President and the chairmen of the committee in charge of the dedication of the new Maota Fono, Rep Vailoata Amituanai and Sen Olo Uluao Letuli.
