Washington, Jan. 23 -- Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata delivered her message of seabed concerns to Members of the House Natural Resources Committee (HNR) via a statement in a Thursday hearing, as well as submitted comments for the record, and posed key questions to the witnesses.
Congresswoman Amata is a Member of HNR and two of its subcommittees. As she does not routinely serve on this subcommittee that was holding this hearing on national security and other issues surrounding seabed mining, she joined as a Member of HNR, and stated the issue's importance to her district.
"I reiterated to the committee the united opposition of myself and the entirety of all American Samoa...