RADEWAGEN, Aumua Amata Coleman

RADEWAGEN, Aumua Amata Coleman
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1947–

Concise Biography

RADEWAGEN, Aumua Amata Coleman, a Delegate from American Samoa; born in Washington, D.C., December 29, 1947; attended Sacred Hearts Academy, Honolulu, Hawaii; B.S., University of Guam, 1975; attended George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.; attended Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Calif.; journalist; staff, United States Representative Philip Crane of Illinois, 1997-1999; staff, United States Representative Julius Caesar (J.C.) Watts, Jr. of Oklahoma, 1999-2003; staff, House Republican Conference, 2003-2005; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Fourth Congress in 1994; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Fifth Congress in 1996; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Seventh Congress in 2000; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Ninth Congress in 2004; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present).

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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Bibliography / Further Reading

"Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen" in Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900-2017. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of the Historian and the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Publishing Office, 2018.

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Committee Assignments & Leadership

Committee Assignments

Committee Name & Date Congresses Congresses
Natural Resources
[1993–1995; 2007–Present]
103rd Congress; 110th Congress-Present
(See also the following standing committees: Insular Affairs; Interior and Insular Affairs; Resources)
114th (2015–2017) – 119th (2025–2027)
114th (2015–2017) –
119th (2025–2027)
Small Business
[1975-Present]
94th Congress-Present
114th (2015–2017) – 116th (2019–2021)
114th (2015–2017) –
116th (2019–2021)
Veterans' Affairs
[1947–Present]
80th Congress–Present
(See also the following standing committee: World War Veterans' Legislation)
114th (2015–2017) – 119th (2025–2027)
114th (2015–2017) –
119th (2025–2027)
Foreign Affairs
[1822-1975; 1979-1995; 2007-Present]
17th through 93rd Congresses; 96th through 103rd Congresses; 110th Congress-Present
(See also the following standing committee: International Relations)
118th (2023–2025) – 119th (2025–2027)
118th (2023–2025) –
119th (2025–2027)

Committee & Subcommittee Chair

Committee Subcommittee Congresses Congresses
Small Business Health and Technology
114th (2015–2017) – 115th (2017–2019)
114th (2015–2017) –
115th (2017–2019)
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