Press releases from October 1999 to December 2000

December 2000

• Congress Passes Three Fishery Bills In Last Days Of Session  (December 18, 2000)

November 2000

• First Step In Establishing A Va Medical Clinic In American Samoa Is Underway  (November 11, 2000)
• Election Results Of Congressional Race In American Samoa  (November 8, 2000)

October 2000

• All Systems Go For David Tua Fight To Be Aired Free In American Samoa  (October 30, 2000)
• Samoa News Granted Access To Photograph The Lewis Vs. Tua Royal Heavyweight Rampage  (October 26, 2000)
• 5,000 Elementary Students To Benefit From The American Reads Challenge; Scholastic Inc. To Donate 20,000 New Books  (October 26, 2000)
• Faleomavaega Pushes Fish Farming for American Samoa  (October 23, 2000)
• Tua Fight To Be Shown Live In American Samoa  (October 19, 2000)
• Faleomavaega Predicts David Tua Will Win World Heavyweight Boxing Championship  (October 13, 2000)
• Better Military Pay and Other Benefits Pass U.S. House  (October 11, 2000)
• Congress Extends Session to October 13th  (October 4, 2000)
• Faleomavaega Greets “The Rock” at the Nation’s Capitol  (October 3, 2000)

September 2000

• Interior Appropriations Not Signed, Am. Samoa’s Operations Funding Continues on Schedule  (September 29, 2000)
• Native Hawaiian Bill Passes House  (September 27, 2000)
• Faleomavaega Testifies Before Senate Committee in Support of Native Hawaiian Sovereignty  (September 15, 2000)
• Faleomavaega Explains the 5.4 Tobacco Loan  (September 14, 2000)
• Faleomavaega Meets with Prime Minister of India, Discusses Fiji Crisis  (September 14, 2000)
• Over $2.7 Million in Federal Grants Awarded to American Samoa  (September 13, 2000)
• NOAA Accepting Nominations for Federal Advisory Committee on Marine Protected Areas  (September 12, 2000)
• Faleomavaega Confers with Senator Inouye for Release of $2 Million FY1999 Funds  (September 11, 2000)
• Three Samoan Women to Participate in World Olympics  (September 8, 2000)
• $18.6 Million Tobacco Loan Settled at 5.4 Percent  (September 1, 2000)

August 2000

• Faleomavaega To Support The Public School Repair And Renovation Act Of 2000  (August 29, 2000)
• Faleomavaega To Participate In Historical Congressional Hearings On Hawaiian Sovereignty  (August 25, 2000)
• More Federal Funds For Crime Prevention In American Samoa  (August 21, 2000)
• Additional Funding Secured for USAR-ASG Lease Agreement  (August 8, 2000)
• U’una’i Legal Services Gets $370,220 Federal Grant to Provide Legal Assistance  (August 3, 2000)

July 2000

• Congressman Faleomavaega Meets with U.S. Customs Officials on Mid Pasefika Case  (July 27, 2000)
• Free Telecommunications Training Opportunities for Senior ASG Officials  (July 27, 2000)
• Air Force Drags Feet on Vet Transport to Hawaii  (July 26, 2000)
• Interior Bill Passes Senate with American Samoa’s Budget Intact  (July 20, 2000)
• U.S. Army Reserve Gets Approval to Construct $20 Million Facility at Tafuna Airport  (July 20, 2000)
• American Samoa Receives $589,812 Grant for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities  (July 19, 2000)
• Faleomavaega Wishes Manu Samoa Best of Luck in Final Game of 2000 Epson Cup Tournament  (July 13, 2000)
• Hope Letuvai Bean Promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 4 in the U.S. Army  (July 11, 2000)

June 2000

• Faleomavaega Congratulates New Samoan Cadets to United States Air Force Academy  (June 27, 2000)
• Faleomavaega Announces Mail Delivery Contract Signed, Sealed and Delivered  (June 23, 2000)
• Faleomavaega Misinformed by Postal Service  (June 22, 2000)
• Civil Legal Services Now Available for Low Income Citizens of American Samoa  (June 21, 2000)
• ASG Funding Ok in House Bill, but Next Year’s Funding may be Less; Eni Writes to Governor  (June 16, 2000)
• New $64 Million Veterans Medical Clinic Opens in Hawaii for Pacific Vets  (June 15, 2000)
• Evergreen Aviation to Deliver Mail to American Samoa  (June 15, 2000)
• ASG Will Get Close to $9 Million in Federal Assistance to Improve Airports  (June 12, 2000)
• Samoan Female Soldier Moves Up the Ranks  (June 7, 2000)
• Two Samoan Brothers Reunite at Sea  (June 7, 2000)

May 2000

• House Interior Bill Passes Subcommittee –- American Samoa’s Funding Intact  (May 18, 2000)
• First Samoan to Attend Merchant Marine Academy  (May 16, 2000)

April 2000

• American Samoa Receives U.S. Dept of Energy Grant  (April 26, 2000)
• Ms. Sia Figiel – First Samoan Woman to have a Novel Published in the United States  (April 13, 2000)
• Jacinta Titiali’i , Esq. to Receive Presidential Appointment to White House Commission For Asian And Pacific Island Affairs  (April 13, 2000)
• American Samoa Gets Federal Grant to Help Fight Crime  (April 7, 2000)
• Am. Samoa‘s Weather Station in Tafuna to Get Facelift  (April 6, 2000)
• American Samoa Gets NEA Grant  (April 4, 2000)

March 2000

• Two Samoan Brothers to be United at U.S. Military Academy at West Point  (March 29, 2000)
• Sniders Saved LBJ Medical Center a Lot of Money and More  (March 28, 2000)
• Faleomavaega Provides Sources of Federal Funding Available to LBJ Medical Center  (March 23, 2000)
• New Coral Reef Bill Introduced  (March 17, 2000)
• Gov. Bush’s Decision Leaves Many Samoans and Other Minorities Unincluded and Unserved  (March 9, 2000)
• U.S. Service Academies Accept Faleomavaega’s Nominations  (March 2, 2000)
• Senior Citizens to Benefit from Change in Social Security Law  (March 1, 2000)

February 2000

• U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Rice V. Cayetano Shameful for Native Hawaiians  (February 23, 2000)
• Summer Internship Opportunity for American Samoa Students  (February 17, 2000)
• Over $1 Million in Increases Proposed for American Samoa’s Water and Weather Programs  (February 16, 2000)
• President Releases $33 Million Budget for American Samoa  (February 7, 2000)

January 2000

• “Kegs of Beef from California Unfit for Human Consumption,” Says Faleomavaega  (January 31, 2000)

December 1999

• Chinese Fishing Vessel Fined $105,000 for Illegal Fishing in American Samoa’s EEZ  (December 21, 1999)
• Faleomavaega Wants Governor and Presidential Candidate George W. Bush to Speak Up on Census 2000  (December 20, 1999)
• No Cuts Made to ASG’s Operations or CIP Funding for FY2000  (December 16, 1999)
• Breakers Point Naval Guns Added to National Register of Historic Places  (December 7, 1999)

November 1999

• President Signs Final Appropriatons Bill – No Final Decisions Made on American Samoa Yet  (November 29, 1999)
• Final Budget Bill Passes Congress, Includes Many Provisions for American Samoa  (November 19, 1999)
• Interior Appropriations Bill Still on Hold  (November 3, 1999)

October 1999

• Tobacco Settlement Provision in Conference Report Which Passes House. Veto of Bill is Expected  (October 21, 1999)
• U.S. Postal Service to Issue Commemorative Stamp for American Samoa in 2000  (October 13, 1999)
• ASG’s Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources Gets $95,000  (October 1, 1999)