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Aumua Amata Radewagen
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen has served as the delegate for the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa since In the elections, she received the highest number of votes in American Samoa history for an elective office.
Radewagen was born on December 29, , in the village of Pago Pago. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Guam. Radewagen's father, Peter Tali Coleman, was the first popularly elected governor of American Samoa, and Radewagen holds the talking chief title of Aumua in Pago Pago.
Radewagen served on the staffs of U.S. Representative Phil Crane (Ill.) from to , U.S. Representative J.C. Watts, Jr. (Okla.) from to , and the House Republican Conference from to In , she was appointed as the White House Commissioner for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) by President George W. Bush.
In addition to being a delegate, Radewagen has participated in missions to Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, and Morocco f
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AMATA COLEMAN RADEWAGEN
(Aumua Amata)
Amata Coleman Radewagen (Aumua Amata), Republican, was elected as American Samoa's third Member of Congress on November 4, She is the first woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives from American Samoa, the first Republican woman of Samoan nedstigning in Congress and the most senior Republican elected federal office holder of Asian Pacific heritage.
Committee Assignments
Congresswoman Amata serves on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee in a senior role as Vice Ranking Member of the full Committee, as well as two of its Subcommittees: The Subcommittee on Health, her top choice of assignments for the Veterans of American Samoa, along with the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
She has a similar senior role as a Member of the House Committee on Small Business, where she serves as Vice Ranking Member of the full Committee. Her two Small Business Subcommittees inc
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High Chief Uifa'atali Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
(Aumua Amata)
High Chief Uifa'atali Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Aumua Amata), Republican, was elected as American Samoa’s third Member of Congress on November 4, She is the first woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives from American Samoa, the first Republican woman of Samoan descent in Congress and the most senior Republican elected federal office holder of Asian Pacific heritage.
Committee Assignments
Congresswoman Amata serves on three committees. On the House Veterans Affairs Committee, she has a senior role as Vice Chairman of the full Committee, as well as Chairman of the Women Veterans Task Force. Within the Committee, she serves on two Subcommittees: The Subcommittee on Health, her top choice of assignments for the Veterans of American Samoa, along with the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, which conducts oversight efforts regarding th