Washington, April 22 -- Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata issued the following press release:

Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is welcoming an advancement of the bipartisan U.S. Vets of the FAS Act, H.R. 6652, to fulfill U.S. commitments to U.S. Veterans in the Freely Associated States (FAS) with telehealth and mail order pharmacy services.

"Our U.S. Veterans deserve these services, and our bill affirms congressional intent with clear language regarding the COFA agreements to support our Veterans from the Freely Associated States, which honors all who served," said HVAC Vice Chairman Amata. "I'm pleased to see our legislation take this first step in our Committee work, with more to do, but we have important bipartisan backing. This is another...