Congresswoman Aumua Amata today welcomed efforts by the Small Business Committee examining the need to strengthen small businesses and streamline the federal process of obtaining permits. On ...Read more
Island US lawmakers will try again this month to lift the Medicaid funding cap for the territories, after earlier attempts failed with the demise of GOP bills to end Obamacare. KHJ News ...Read more
More than than $10.1 million in grants have been awarded to American Samoa for airport improvements from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Congresswoman Aumua Amata said that efforts to ...Read more
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending President Trump alter at least three national monuments and change the way others are managed. But KHJ News Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports, ...Read more
The Republican Party of American Samoa is attending the summer meeting for the Republican National Committee in Nashville this week. Those part of the delegation are Congresswoman Aumua Amata, RPAS ...Read more
Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, sent a draft report to the president which included his findings and recommendations on national monuments that were under review as a result of ...Read more
Today, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, who serves on the Veterans Affairs Committee, welcomed the signing into law of the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 (H.R. 2288), which ...Read more
Governor Lolo Moliga continues pounding to federal officials the message that efforts to develop and diversify the local economy have been stymied and stifled by federal policies. This week, the ...Read more
Congresswoman Aumua Amata is pleased to announce that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has changed the eligibility levels of Medicaid qualification in American Samoa from 200% of ...Read more
Manu’a faipule Vesi Fautanu Jr. has experienced first hand the struggles of local veterans needing medical check ups and treatment off island. The second term lawmaker has been off island since ...Read more
