News published on Federal Newswire in March 2021

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave opening remarks at a committee hearing on advancing effective U.S. policy for strategic competition with China. The committee heard witness testimony from Dr. Elizabeth Economy, senior ...

Bipartisan Group of Senators Re-Introduce Legislation to Provide Assistance, Support for Ukraine

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) today re-introduced the Ukraine Security Partnership Act to provide security assistance and strategic support to Ukraine.

Owner of Pharmacies in Brooklyn and Queens Charged in Healthcare Fraud and Kickback Scheme

News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Robert John Sabet, the owner of Brooklyn Chemists in Gravesend, Brooklyn, and Lucky Care Pharmacy in Flushing, Queens, with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States by paying kickbacks...

Holden Beach Awarded $15.49 Million to Renourish Beaches Damaged by Hurricane Dorian

News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $15,496,802 to help the Town of Holden Beach restore sand and vegetation on the Central Reach shoreline damaged by Hurricane Dorian in 2019.

Peters Warns OMB that Proposed Change to Metropolitan Population Standards Could Cost Michigan Communities Valuable Resources

News Release: Dear Mr. Mancini: I am writing to express my concern regarding recommendations from the Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area Standards Review Committee to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) changing standards for delineating metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas. Based...

Las Vegas predator sentenced to prison for producing child sexual abuse images following an HSI investigation

News Release: RENO, Nev. - A local area man was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for producing images of child sexual abuse involving multiple minor victims under the age of 12 years old.

St. Martinville Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Anthony Sal Melancon, Jr., 48, of St. Martinville, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Michael J. Juneau to 120 months (10 years) in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for distribution of child pornography.

Wyden Statement on Senate Floor on Vote to Confirm Xavier Becerra as HHS Secretary

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2021

News Release: Mr. President, the Senate will soon vote on the nomination of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Moving this nomination forward required an additional procedural step and more floor debate than others, so I’ll make just a few quick points.

DeLauro Statement on House Republican Conference Endorsing Community Project Funding

News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement after the House Republican Conference voted to change its rules to allow Members to submit Community Project Funding requests.

FEMA COVID-19 Vaccination Update

News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, a federal pilot community vaccination center opened in Cleveland, capable of administering 6,000 shots a day, and additional centers are set to open later this month in Atlanta and Detroit.

Man Sentenced to Prison for Producing Images of Child Sexual Abuse

News Release: Man Sentenced to Prison for Producing Images of Child Sexual Abuse.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Yuki Morikawa of TV Asahi

Release: QUESTION: Hello, my name is Yuki, newscaster at TV Asahi, and thank you for accepting our offer this time, and it is a great honor to have you in our program. How is your first trip in Japan as a -.

Machete assault sends Great Falls man to prison

News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Great Falls man who admitted assaulting another man with a machete in Browning on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison and to two years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.

HELP Committee Votes to Advance Surgeon General Nominee Dr. Murthy and Assistant Secretary for Health Nominee Dr. Levine

By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2021

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 16-6 to advance the nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy to be U.S. Surgeon General and 13-9 to advance the nomination of Dr. Rachel Levine to be Assistant Secretary for Health. Senator Patty Murray, Chair...

Wise Psychiatrist Sentenced For Federal Health Care Fraud

News Release: ABINGDON, Va.- Uzma Ehtesham, a Wise, Virginia psychiatrist who defrauded Virginia Medicaid and Medicare by fraudulently billing these programs for services not performed, was sentenced yesterday to two years’ probation, six months of which must be spent on home detention, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced today.

Local Man Jailed Following Timber Theft Investigation

By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2021

News Release: In September 2020, a National Park Service ranger patrolling Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Military Park noticed an illegal road created off Old Wauhatchie Pike, on Lookout Mountain. Upon further investigation, the ranger noted over a dozen cut trees, including several old-growth oaks. One large diameter cut tree section was removed by dragging it from the forest, down the road, to a parking lot.

Dominican National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry

News Release: Defendant previously deported three times. BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday for illegally reentering the United States after previously being deported. Eddy Arias Tejada, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised...

Judge sentences Poplar Bluff man to 35 years for assault in Dunklin County Jail

News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. sentenced Shederic Anderson to 35 years in prison today. The 46-year-old Poplar Bluff, Missouri, resident was found guilty, in November 2019, on two counts of aggravated sexual abuse. Anderson also pleaded guilty, in December 2018, to escape from custody.

Risch, McCaul Send Letter to Blinken Calling for Robust Oversight of COVID-19 Foreign Assistance Funds

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting a transparent and responsible distribution of the $10,000,000,000 in U.S. foreign assistance funding that was provided in the recent COVID-19 relief bill.

Middlesex County Man Charged with Tax Evasion and Filing False Tax Returns