{"id":408502,"date":"2024-04-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=408502"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Radewagen-congratulates-NCAA-champion-South-Carolina-Gamecocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Radewagen-congratulates-NCAA-champion-South-Carolina-Gamecocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Radewagen congratulates NCAA champion South Carolina Gamecocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014<\/strong>Delegate Uifa\u2019atali Amata Radewagen (R-A. Samoa) on Tuesday led her colleagues in the Pledge of Allegiance before House business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeading the Pledge of Allegiance is a reminder of the responsibility of serving, and I\u2019m humbled to have this opportunity on behalf of American Samoa,\u201d said Radewagen.<\/p>\n<p>During House proceedings Tuesday, she gave remarks on the House floor, known as a One Minute speech, to specially honor and congratulate the National Champions South Carolina Gamecocks\u2019 women\u2019s basketball team, and specifically highlight a standout Polynesian player, Tehina Paopao, who is of Samoan and Tokelauan heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Paopao this year earned 2nd Team All American honors by the U.S. Basketball Writer\u2019s Association, 2nd Team All-SEC, and is a two-time All-PAC-12 Team honoree, among numerous other awards and accolades in her collegiate career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Speaker, I rise in recognition of the University of South Carolina women\u2019s basketball team; these amazing athletes from my good friend Joe Wilson\u2019s district, completed a perfect season culminating in a National Championship. A special congratulations (Malo le ta\u2019alo fa\u2019atamali\u2019i!) to senior guard Tehina Paopao and her contributions to the team. Tehina Paopao is of Samoan and Tokelauan heritage, and I know our islands always love to see our Pacific athletes excelling on the national stage. She will have lifelong memories of scoring 14 points in the national championship! Congratulations to all her friends and family cheering her on in our Polynesian communities from her home in California and elsewhere. I so enjoyed watching this game that attracted millions of people, with lots of nationwide excitement about this special season, all the great teams competing, and their elevation of women\u2019s sports! Thank you, Mr. Speaker, I yield back,\u201d Radewagen said in her congratulatory House remarks. <strong><em>(PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/aeb8bacbe129fd54897f10c7116c81d7.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Delegate Uifa&#8217;atali Amata Radewagen (R-A. Samoa) leads the Pledge of Allegiance in the House of Representatives last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>-CONTRIBUTED PHOTO<br \/>\n<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Delegate Uifa\u2019atali Amata Radewagen (R-A. Samoa) on Tuesday led her colleagues in the Pledge&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}