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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Ilhan Omar (DFL-MN)

WASHINGTON— Today, House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Ranking Member Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Vice Ranking Member Rep. Greg Casar (TX-35), introduced the Protecting Workers’ Wages from Medical Debt Act.  This bill would prohibit workers’ wages from being garnished to pay for medical debt.  

Right now, approximately 100 million Americans are trapped with $220 billion in medical debt.  Looming unpaid medical bills can devastate working families, whether they have health insurance or not. Unfortunately, the medical debt crisis has become more dire as millions of Americans are being stripped of their health care due to President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ disastrous “Big, Ugly Bill.”   

Over the last several years, new reports of hospitals and debt collectors suing patients for outstanding bills and forcibly cutting their wages to repay the debt have highlighted the predatory nature of wage garnishments. 

Currently, federal law allows up to 25 percent of a worker’s take-home pay to be garnished each workweek.  Over 30 states have taken action to better protect consumers and have added additional protections to prevent workers’ wages from being unnecessarily garnished.  However, when workers are struggling, these constraints are not enough.

The Protecting Workers’ Wages from Medical Debt Act protects workers, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet, by prohibiting wages from being garnished for the payment of medical debt.  Specifically, the bill:

• Bans any amount of a worker’s wage from being subject to garnishment for medical debt, and

• Prohibits any state or court from issuing or enforcing a wage garnishment order for medical debt. 

“In the richest country in the world, medical debt should not be a threat to working people’s livelihood.  The American people should not have to slash spending on necessities to pay for life-saving care and no one should be denied future health care because of unpaid medical bills.  Unfortunately, that is the reality many Americans are facing right now,” said Ranking Member Scott.  “I am proud to work with Reps. Omar and Casar on this commonsense legislation, which will ensure families are not thrown into further hardship simply because they got sick and needed care.”  

“In 45 states, some workers have a portion of their take-home pay forcibly cut to pay off medical debt,” said Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Ranking Member Omar. “I’m partnering with Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) to ban this practice and ensure no worker is thrown into further financial hardship over often-predatory debt.”  

“Nobody should lose their wages because they got sick,” said Vice Ranking Member Greg Casar (D-TX). “Trump and Republicans ripped health care away from millions of Americans to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. Now families who get sick are being hit with bills they can’t pay, and in most states a hospital or debt collector can take a cut of their paycheck before they ever see it.  This needs to end, and our bill would stop it.” 

The Protecting Workers’ Wages from Medical Debt Act is endorsed by:  American Federation of Teachers (AFT); Center for Health and Democracy; Families USA; Public Citizen; and Service Employees International Union (SEIU). 

To read a fact sheet on the Protecting Workers’ Wages from Medical Debt Act, click here.  

To read the bill text on the Protecting Workers’ Wages from Medical Debt Act, click here.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Andy Harris (MD-01)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., physician and former Naval Reserve medical officer, calls on Chairman James Comer, Chairman Rand Paul, and Chairman Ron Johnson to bring Dr. Terry Adirim in to testify under oath. Five years ago today, September 14, 2021, Dr. Terry Adirim, then acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, signed the memorandum that told DoD providers they “will” use EUA-labeled product interchangeably with fully approved vaccines to vaccinate the force.¹

Three weeks earlier, on August 24, 2021, Secretary Austin had limited the mandate to vaccines with full FDA licensure, “in accordance with FDA-approved labeling and guidance.”² But because of the subsequent Adirim memorandum, our troops now call September 14 “Reign of Terry” day. Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (R-Md) said Congress should treat the anniversary the way the force already does: as the anniversary of the day that two-page order left her desk, with serious and dire results. 

Harris is a Johns Hopkins-trained anesthesiologist and former Naval Reserve medical officer. In March 2021 he administered COVID shots at clinics in his district. That spring the GOP Doctors Caucus agreed that you should talk to your physician and decide. He said then what he said in April 2023 and is saying again: freedom to choose to be COVID vaccinated, not mandates—and the more than 8,400 troops fired for refusing should have been reinstated.

“I know the difference between a clinical recommendation and an order with a discharge packet attached,” Harris said. “I would never tell a healthy infantryman his career depended on an EUA vial. The record since does not let us pretend it was just ‘following the science.’”

The regulator (the FDA) said should. Her memo said will.¹ It cited no statute, no presidential waiver, no legal analysis—only a footnote to an FDA web page. Under 10 U.S.C. § 1107a, a warrior given an EUA product must be told he can refuse. Only the President can waive that right, in writing, for national security.³ DoD Instruction 6200.02: **only the Secretary of Defense may even ask.**⁴ They never asked. They mandated it anyway.

In July 2021 DoD told Justice it could not require an EUA product without that waiver.⁵ No waiver issued. In November 2021 DoD conceded in open court that the President had not executed one. A federal judge called DoD’s reading of § 1107a “unconvincing” and wrote that without a waiver “the DOD cannot mandate vaccines that only have an EUA.”⁶ FDA’s Peter Marks swore the licensed and EUA products remained legally distinct.⁷ At Holloman AFB, a service member was told the Adirim memo was why an EUA lot could be forced on him.⁸

On April 23, 2025, Secretary Hegseth said the last administration “issued unlawful orders on mandatory vaccines on an experimental vaccine, COVID-19,”⁹ and signed a remedies memo the same day.¹⁰ On May 7, 2025, USD(P&R) wrote that the mandate “was unlawful as implemented.”¹¹ Hegseth later called it “wrongfully forced” and “unjust.”¹² Two weeks ago, Politico and the Times reported an Army physician, in a deposition in the Adirim case, said she is reviewing thousands of unverified service-member death reports for HHS and the Pentagon.¹³ That is not a completed finding. It is why this file cannot close.

About 8,600 service members were ejected. Tens of thousands left early. Another 20,000 retired early. Nearly a million ordered to take it. Anthony Fauci got an autopen scribble pardon. Dr. Adirim has no pardon.

“I changed what I was willing to say about the vaccines as the facts changed. That is what a physician does,” Harris said. “Our Warriors deserve the truth. Put her under oath. Let her look those service members whose careers were ruined and family-members of the deceased that were decimated by her memo in the eye.”

He called on Chairman James Comer (Oversight), Chairman Rand Paul (HSGAC), and Chairman Ron Johnson (PSI) to put Adirim on the record about that destructive and unlawful memo and its human cost.

Footnotes
1. Acting ASD(HA) Terry Adirim memorandum, Sept. 14, 2021, Coker v. Austin, ECF 65-13 (DOD 000001); FOIA 22-F-1262, Enc. 2 p. 28 

2. Secretary of Defense memorandum, Aug. 24, 2021, Coker v. Austin, ECF 31-2.

3. 10 U.S.C. § 1107a.

4. DoDI 6200.02 (Feb. 27, 2008), Enc. 3 § E3.4 

5. 45 Op. O.L.C. __ (July 6, 2021), at 17.

6. Doe #1–#14 v. Austin, 572 F. Supp. 3d 1224 (N.D. Fla. Nov. 12, 2021), ECF 47 at 12, 14; Tr. ECF 45 at 52:8–9. PI denied on proof; no merits holding the mandate was unlawful.

7. Decl. of Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., Coker, ECF 65-14 ¶ 11.

8. Holloman AFB declaration, Coker, ECF 68-1 (lot 30155BA).

9. Hegseth, X, April 23, 2025

10. SecDef memorandum, April 23, 2025 

11. USD(P&R), May 7, 2025, “unlawful as implemented”

12. Hegseth, X, May 8, 2026

13. Politico, Sept. 3, 2026

Rep. Andy Harris, M.D., represents Maryland’s 1st District. Johns Hopkins-trained anesthesiologist, former Naval Reserve medical officer, Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies.

For media inquiries, please contact Michella Carter at Michella.Carter@mail.house.gov

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Roger Williams (25th District of Texas)

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Greg Steube (FL-17)

September 14, 2026 | Press ReleasesWASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) announced that President Donald Trump signed the Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act into law, delivering critical tax relief and certainty to Americans recovering from federally declared natural disasters. The legislation extends federal disaster tax relief for Americans impacted by federally declared disasters between July 4, 2025, and December 31, 2026.“This delivers long-overdue certainty to Americans rebuilding after natural disasters. Disaster victims should be focused on rebuilding their homes, businesses, and communities, not worrying about an unexpected tax burden on the assistance they receive,” said Rep. Greg Steube. “I’m grateful to President Trump for signing this important legislation into law and ensuring families across the country receive the relief they deserve. Congressman LaMalfa worked tirelessly to get this legislation across the finish line, and it is fitting that his legacy of service will live on for years to come.”“Thanks to bipartisan leadership in Congress and President Trump, disaster victims now have the certainty they need to rebuild their lives. Families who lose their homes to a wildfire or a hurricane should not also lose a sizable piece of their recovery resources to the IRS. I commend Congressman Steube for his tireless efforts to see this bill across the finish line, and I want to recognize our late colleague Doug LaMalfa, whose years of advocacy for disaster victims in California made this law possible,” said Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith.
“After disaster strikes, impacted Americans should be focused on rebuilding their lives and their communities – not surprise changes to their tax bills. After speaking with so many Americans in Florida and across the country impacted by natural disasters, including meeting Spencer Pratt at his burned-down home and touring the aftermath of the Palisades Fire, I knew we had to do something. Now that President Trump has signed this bill into law, I’m grateful to have worked with Spencer, Rep. Steube, and Sen. Schiff to ensure those affected by hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters continue to receive the real tax relief – and the peace of mind – they deserve,” said Senator Rick Scott. “The last thing families and communities recovering from natural disasters should have to worry about is an additional tax burden when they’re trying to get back on their feet,” said Rep. Panetta. “I’m proud that our bipartisan legislation has been signed into law to ensure that wildfire relief payments and hurricane losses continue to qualify for fair tax treatment. This new law will provide disaster-impacted Americans with the certainty, time, and tools they need to rebuild and move forward.”“Surviving a natural disaster can place an enormous financial burden on families. It is critical that we support victims of devastating disasters like the wildfires in California and across the country. That’s why I was proud to team up with Senator Rick Scott and Representatives Greg Steube, Mike Thompson and Jimmy Panetta to provide tax relief to the victims of natural disasters and why I am so grateful to see our bipartisan bill signed into law. We must ensure that those hit the hardest when disaster strikes receive the support and the tax relief they need to recover. And in seeing our bill become law, we affirm a vital part of the late Doug LaMalfa’s legacy,” said Senator Adam Schiff. TheDoug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act allows Americans impacted by federally declared disasters to deduct qualified casualty losses without having to itemize deductions. The legislation also ensures certain disaster relief payments are not treated as taxable income.The legislation was led in the upper chamber by Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.), with Representatives Steube, the late Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.), Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) leading in the House. The legislation was originally introduced as the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2025, but was later renamed in honor of the late Congressman LaMalfa, who spent years championing disaster tax relief for Americans recovering from catastrophic events and passed unanimously. The Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act builds on Rep. Steube’s Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023, which delivered billions in tax relief to Americans recovering from hurricanes, floods, wildfires, tornadoes, and other federally declared disasters. By extending these tax provisions through December 31, 2026, the Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act provides continued certainty for disaster victims as they rebuild and recover.With multiple pieces of standalone tax legislation now signed into law by both Presidents Trump and Biden, Congressman Steube has continued to demonstrate his ability to overcome Washington gridlock and deliver meaningful results for the American taxpayer. Congressman Steube is one of five House Republicans not on the Ways and Means Committee Leadership to bring two taxpayer bills into law in over fifty years.
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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (10th District of New York)

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerry Nadler (NY-12) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced the reintroduction of their Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC) Act.

In New York State, there are approximately 130,000 people employed by the fashion industry, including thousands working in apparel manufacturing. Garment workers are a cornerstone of the American economy, and for far too long, they have faced unsafe working conditions, wage theft, and piecework pay, which often prioritizes fast fashion over the safety of workers. Nadler and Gillibrand’s FABRIC Act would protect over 75,000 American garment workers and help revitalize the garment manufacturing industry in the United States by improving working conditions and reforming the piece-rate pay scale.

“America’s garment workers have been undervalued and subjected to unfair labor practices for far too long, due to weak regulations across the fashion industry and the rise of fast fashion. With more than 100,000 New Yorkers contributing their labor to a billion-dollar garment industry, it is time to protect these workers and others across our nation and make historic investments in domestic manufacturing by passing the FABRIC Act,” said Congressman Jerrold Nadler. “I’m proud to work with Senator Gillibrand to protect workers’ rights, bring jobs back from overseas, and revitalize the American fashion industry.”

“Garment workers are the backbone of a multibillion-dollar industry, yet for far too long, their labor has been undervalued and exploited,” said Senator Gillibrand. “We cannot champion American innovation while turning a blind eye to abusive labor practices in our own backyard. It’s time to take bold action at the federal level to change the fabric of the American garment industry. The United States was once home to a booming apparel manufacturing industry, and it’s time to reexamine how this industry has evolved over the past 50 years and change how we treat our workers. With the FABRIC Act, we can curb wage theft, protect our workers, and revitalize domestic manufacturing so that ‘Made in America’ also means ethically made.”

The FABRIC Act proposes to address these issues by:

1. Restructuring pay rates for garment workers and providing minimum wage as a floor with productivity incentives on top.
2. Establishing new liability measures that compel major retailers to become allies in combating workplace violations.
3. Introducing recordkeeping and transparency measures, including requiring garment manufacturers and contractors operating in the U.S. to register with the Department of Labor.
4. Incentivizing reshoring by creating a domestic garment manufacturing grant program aimed at revitalizing the industry.

In addition to Nadler and Gillibrand, the bill is cosponsored by Reps. Deborah Ross (D-NC), Don Beyer (D-VA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Dan Goldman (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), as well as Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL). The bill is also endorsed by AFL-CIO, UNITE HERE, Workers United, and RWDSU.

The full text of the FABRIC Act can be found here.

 

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif)

Washington, D.C. – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) joined Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and 18 other members of Congress in filing an amicus brief in California v. Wright, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, in support of California’s challenge to the Trump Administration’s use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to facilitate the restart of the Sable Offshore oil pipeline system along California’s Central Coast. U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) also led the filing.

The brief argues that the Administration has failed to identify a legitimate national defense need for Sable’s crude oil and that the DPA order does not satisfy the statutory requirements for invoking this extraordinary authority. Sable produces crude oil, not finished fuels used by the military, and the order does not establish a connection between Sable’s production and an unmet military fuel requirement.

“This Administration’s efforts to restart the Sable Offshore pipeline system in Santa Barbara could do damage to our environment and economy,” said Rep. Panetta. “That’s why I joined this amicus brief challenging its use of the Defense Production Act to force this pipeline system back into operation and open our waters back up to offshore oil production. The order fails to establish a legitimate national defense need or genuine emergency that would justify using this extraordinary authority on behalf of a single oil company. We must continue to support each other and stand together from the courtroom to the coastline to protect our environment and economy.”

“The Sable pipeline restart is a classic example of the Trump administration abusing power to benefit political allies at the expense of local communities,” said Rep. Carbajal. “As our brief outlines, there was no legitimate national security justification for invoking the Defense Production Act on behalf of Sable. This Administration is clearly fixated on boosting the fossil fuel industry, even when doing so risks putting our environment and public health in harm’s way. The people of Santa Barbara County and California have every right to be concerned about the pipeline restart given its role in the 2015 Refugio oil spill. I will keep fighting alongside my colleagues to hold the Administration accountable for this overreach and protect our communities’ right to a safe environment.”

“Californians have been clear: we don’t want oil infrastructure off our coast,” said Sen. Padilla. “The Trump Administration is using a bogus justification to open our waters to their Big Oil donors, jeopardizing our environment and our economy. It’s corrupt, it’s dangerous, and I’ll do everything in my power to stop it.”

“The idea that reopening a damaged pipeline on the Central Coast of California is somehow imperative to our national defense – when killing other renewable energy sources is just fine, when data centers are demanding new energy and we’re taking offline 90 to 95% of the new energy coming into the grid – tells you this has nothing to do with national security. It has nothing to do with your price at the pump. It only has to do with the president keeping a promise to the big oil companies, and we are all paying the price,” said Sen. Schiff.

Sable Offshore acquired the Santa Ynez Unit from ExxonMobil in 2024. The pipeline had been out of service since the 2015 Refugio oil spill. In March 2026, Energy Secretary Chris Wright invoked the DPA and ordered Sable to restore pipeline operations. The brief argues that the Administration used national defense as a pretext to advance domestic energy policy and benefit a specific company.

“This case is not about national defense. It is about a heavily leveraged, crude oil company asking the President to transform the Defense Production Act (DPA) from a statute designed to ‘assure the availability of domestic energy supplies for national defense needs,’ 50 U.S.C. § 4502(a)(5), into a corporate rescue operation for political allies; a rescue that advances the Administration’s political preference for fossil-fuel development at the expense of all other concerns,” wrote the lawmakers. “The Department of Energy’s (‘DOE’) March 13, 2026 order (the ‘Wright Order’) comes nowhere close to identifying a need for Sable crude oil or pipelines in the Order’s generalized invocation of California’s military presence and increased reliance on foreign crude. DOE never explains why those general circumstances create a national-defense need for Sable’s crude, much less how restarting its beleaguered pipelines would meet one.”

“Merely invoking ‘national defense’ or an ‘emergency’ does not insulate executive action from the statutory prerequisites that Congress imposed in the DPA on the exercise of delegated authority,” continued the lawmakers. “Enforcing these requirements, i.e., that the Secretary establish the statutory predicates for invoking the DPA, does not amount to second-guessing genuine executive judgments about national defense. Instead, enforcement honors the conditions precedent Congress imposed to prevent abuse of the DPA. DOE’s failure to satisfy these statutory prerequisites invalidates the Wright Order.”

In addition to Reps. Panetta and Carbajal and Sens. Padilla, Schiff, and Whitehouse, the amicus brief was filed by U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Nanette Barragán (CA-44), Julia Brownley (CA-26), Laura Friedman (CA-30), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), Mike Levin (CA-49), Sam Liccardo (CA-16), Ted Lieu (CA-36), Doris Matsui (CA-07), Dave Min (CA-47), and Kevin Mullin (CA-15), as well as U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL).

“Trump is turning the Defense Production Act into a blank check for Big Oil,” said Rep. Huffman. “Emergency national security powers exist to protect this country in a crisis. They were never meant to force open an oil pipeline that has sat idle for more than a decade after fouling our coast. This is a fossil fuel giveaway dressed up as national security, designed to enrich Trump and reward his political allies. But it’s our beaches, our coastal communities, and the businesses that depend on a clean, healthy ocean that will face the consequences if we let his sham continue. We have cleaned up this company’s mess once already. Californians have defended this coast for decades, and we are not backing down.”

“The Trump Administration’s abuse of the Defense Production Act to revive the Sable pipeline is an unlawful corporate giveaway masquerading as a national security measure,” said Speaker Emerita Pelosi. “California communities know the devastating consequences of offshore oil spills. Congress created the Defense Production Act to protect our national security—not to reward political allies, endanger our coastline and override vital environmental safeguards.”

“As Chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation, we have been united against this Administration’s illegal attempts to force fossil fuel projects at the expense of our state’s environment and public health,” said Rep. Lofgren. “Trump has always put oil company profits above Americans’ well-being, but invoking the Defense Production Act for this pipeline is ridiculous. Californians don’t want a repeat of the 2015 oil spill, and the Administration is overstepping its authority to put our environment and coastal economy at risk.”

In May 2026, Rep. Panetta joined his colleagues to request an investigation into Sable Offshore Corp.’s politicized efforts to restart oil drilling operations off the Santa Barbara coast and demanded answers about the company’s collaboration with the Trump Administration to invoke the Defense Production Act in relation to this project. Last year, members of the California congressional delegation demanded answers from the Trump Administration on its involvement in Sable Offshore Corporation’s attempts to restart offshore oil drilling using the same pipelines that caused the Refugio State Beach oil spill of 2015.

The full amicus brief is available here.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Mike Levin (CA-49)

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09)

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III will retire from his position after nearly four decades of service to the Smithsonian Institution:

“Lonnie G. Bunch has had an extraordinary career from start to finish, and our country is better because of his commitment to telling the full and honest story of America.

Dr. Bunch’s work as the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture was a splendid contribution to American history and to our National Mall. He took what was once an idea and built it into one of our nation’s most important cultural institutions. Today, millions of Americans have walked through its doors and encountered the history, contributions, and experiences of African Americans as an essential part of the American story.

As Secretary of the Smithsonian, Dr. Bunch continued that work by protecting the integrity of our museums and their commitment to truth. In the face of relentless attacks from President Trump, he stood firmly for the importance of preserving and presenting history honestly. He understands that the strength of America comes from confronting our history honestly, learning from it, and passing that knowledge on to the next generation. 

I have been highly honored to know Dr. Bunch over the years. He is thoughtful, gracious, and incredibly easy to work with, and his integrity has always been evident.

Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch will be remembered as one of the great voices speaking truth to future generations about the importance of museums, the preservation of history, and the First Amendment. I thank him for his extraordinary service to our country, the Smithsonian, and the American people.”

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative for Western Samoa Congresswoman Aumua Amata

Headline: Amata Welcomes $255,100 CDC Grant for Vaccine-Preventable Disease Prevention

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH) has been awarded a $255,100 federal grant through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen vaccine-preventable disease prevention and response efforts in American Samoa.

The $255,100 award, through the CDC’s Strengthening Vaccine-Preventable Disease Prevention and Response program, will support the American Samoa Department of Health’s ongoing efforts to prevent, monitor, and respond to vaccine-preventable diseases and strengthen public health protections throughout the territory.

“This is an important part of protecting the health and well-being of our people, especially our children and families,” said Congresswoman Aumua Amata. “Thank you to Yolanda Masunu as we welcome this federal investment in our Health Department. We appreciate all our health professionals working to strengthen disease prevention and protect our communities.”

The CDC’s vaccine-preventable disease programs support public health departments in strengthening immunization efforts, disease surveillance, laboratory capacity, and response systems to help prevent the spread of vaccine-preventable illnesses. 

“Thank you to HHS and CDC for continuing to support the public health programs we rely on in American Samoa,” concluded Congresswoman Amata. “Congratulations to our Department of Health, Health Director Dr. Saipale Fuimaono, and everyone involved in securing or working with these federal resources for our territory.”

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Dwight Evans (2nd District of Pennsylvania)

Nation’s Largest 2026 ASAP Grant to Fund Overhauls Three Stations Located in PA-03