Post Office Box 5859
Located at 1 Fagatogo Square
Pago Pago, AS 96799
2001 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Full Name:
Amata 'Aumua Amata' Coleman Radewagen
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Fred; 3 Children: Erika, Mark, Kirsten
Birth Date:
12/29/1933
Birth Place:
Washington, DC
Home City:
Pago Pago, AS
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Attended, Psychology, George Mason University
Attended, Psychology, Loyola-Marymount University
BS, Psychology, University of Guam, 1973-1975
Delegate, United States House of Representatives, 2014-present
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 2010, 2012
Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
Member, Natural Resources Committee
Member, Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations
Member, Subcommittee on Health (Veterans' Affairs)
Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs
Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Veterans' Affairs)
Member, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries
Member, Veterans' Affairs
Former Member, Agriculture, Energy and Trade Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Committee on Small Business, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Economic Opportunity Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Chair, Health and Technology Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship, United States House of Representatives
Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs, United States House of Representatives, 2023-Present
Commissioner, President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, 2001-2004
Former Member, Advance Team, 1990 Honolulu Summit
Former Executive Assistant, Office of Delegate A.U. Fuimaono, United States House of Representatives
Former Assistant, Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services
Former Officer of the Convention, Republican National Conventions
Former Staff, United States Department of the Interior
Served, United States Navy
Former Staff, United States Office of Economic Opportunity
Former Employee, United States Peace Corps
Grassroots Outreach Trainer, International Republican Institute, 1993-2007
Member, House Leadership Staff, United States House of Representatives, 1997-2005
Special Projects Director, Republican Conference, United States House of Representatives, 2003-2005
Director of Scheduling, Advance, Long-Term Planning, and Logistics, Office of Representative J.C. Watts, United States House of Representatives, 1999-2003
Director of Scheduling, Advance, Long-Term Planning, and Logistics, Office of Representative Philip Crane, United States House of Representatives, 1997-1999
Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Washington Pacific Report, 1984-1997
Democracy Trainer, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, 1991-1994
Former Washington Advance Liaison, Vice President's Visit to Pago Pago, 1989
Territory Coordinator/Liaison, National Breast Cancer Coalition, 1993-present
Member, Republican National Committee, 1986-present
Member, American Samoa Society of Washington, District of Columbia, present
Member, Board of Directors, Goodwill Industries, present
Life Member, Capitol Hill Club, present
Board Member, Field House 100 American Samoa, present
Member, Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Womens Association, present
Member, Sisters Alumni of the South Pacific, present
Former Deputy Secretary General, Alliance of Dependent Territories
Former Member, Business and Professional Women
Former Member, Chairs Executive Council, Republican National Committee
Former Member, Convention Committee on Rules, Republican National Conventions
Former Member, Fiji Press Club
Former Member, Guam Society of America
Former Member, Hawaii State Society
Former Volunteer, Hospital Women's Auxiliary
Former Member, Independent Women's Forum
Former Member, International Women's Media Foundation
Former Member, Pacific Island News Association
Former Spokesperson, Samoan Women's Health Project
Former Member, Standing Committee on Rules, Republican National Committee
Founding Board Member, Washington Roundtable for the Asia-Pacific Press
Former Member, Women's Foreign Policy Group
Member, Chairs Commission on Convention Planning, Republican National Committee, 2013
Member, Committee on Arrangements, Republican National Convention, 1992-2012
Pacific Regional Coordinator, National Breast Cancer Coalition, 1994-1997
Co-Chair, Presidential Personnel Advisory Committee, 1988-1989
Member, American Council of Young Political Leaders Alumni Council, 1987
Member, American Council of Young Political Leaders, 1986
Awards:
Biography appears in Who's Who in Politics, Who's Who in the South, Southwest;
United States list of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community's Register of Skilled Women in the Pacific;
Among 100 women profiled in "The Women of American Samoa, 1900-2000: A hundred years if development and achievements";
Inspirational Speaker Award, Ninth Annual Samoan Athletes Heart of Champions Ceremony, 2013; Trailblazer Award named for Mary Louise Smith, Republican National Committee, 2013; Visionary Award, International Leadership Foundation, 2008; Woman of the Year Award, National Association of Professional Asian American Women, 2003
Father's Name:
Peter Tali Coleman
Father's Occupation:
Former Governor of American Samoa
Favorite Book:
The Bible
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Reading, Jogging, Outrigger Canoe Paddling, Fishing, Hiking on Island
Names of Grandchildren:
Ella
Number of Grandchildren:
1 Grandchild