News from March 2021
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: MARBLE CANYON, AZ: Visitors to Lees Ferry, AZ are advised that waterline construction will result in no potable water being available at the Lees Ferry launch ramp on the Colorado River on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Two portable bathrooms will be available at the launch ramp. During this time, potable water will be available at the Lees Ferry Campground. Water is being shut off for one day due to waterline construction. The park apologizes for the inconvenience.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of H.R. 1652, the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021...
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
Release: PRIME MINISTER SUGA: (Via interpreter) I would like to extend my sincere welcome to Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin for visiting Japan as your first overseas travel. I would also like to welcome that President Biden has declared that America is back, and is promoting policies that value relations with its allies and partners.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi reaffirmed the vital importance of the U.S.-Japan Alliance as the cornerstone of peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world during Secretary Blinken’s visit to Tokyo. Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Embezzled over $102,000 of funds entrusted to her as Executive Director.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have developed a protocol to help ensure bilateral trade will continue if African swine fever (ASF) is detected in feral swine in either country, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s hearing with Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko by emphasizing President Trump spearheaded successful efforts to reduce U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan and negotiated an unprecedented peace agreement which will help create a safe and prosperous Afghanistan.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A coalition of congressional leaders from the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform today urged the Biden administration to finalize a rule to reform the organ procurement system in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Defendant Submitted False Health Care Claims to Insurers and, After Being Flagged by One Insurer, Used the Identities of Three Per Diem Chiropractors to Continue Submitting False Claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Koppel, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charges of Hobbs Act Robbery and Bank Robbery, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Reps. James Comer and Carolyn B. Maloney, the Ranking Member and Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, along with Senator Rob Portman, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Senator Maggie Hassan, Chair of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, issued the following statements as they introduced the Federal Advisory Committee Transparency Act...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reopening the public review and comment period for an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding whether to establish regulations for the movement of certain animals modified or developed using genetic engineering. On Dec. 28, 2020, the Animal and ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-- House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on international tax law...
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI: Tony, welcome back to Tokyo. We have (inaudible) and I’m so happy that finally we are seeing each other face-to-face. I look forward to our close cooperation.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Last year, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) identified and rescued more than 1,000 child exploitation victims from predators involved in the production, distribution and possession of child pornography. Wounded, ill or injured veterans are being trained and hired as computer forensic analysts to assist HSI in those investigations through the HERO Corps Program.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has launched the new California Corral online adoption website, providing prospective horse and burro adopters a way to view and select their animals. The site will be updated regularly and features photos, videos and descriptions of horses and burros from public range lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Florida men have agreed collectively to pay at least $4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in schemes to generate prescriptions for compounded drugs and refer those prescriptions to pharmacies in exchange for illegal kickbacks. Many of those prescriptions were billed to TRICARE, the federal health care program providing insurance for active duty military personnel, military retirees, and military dependents.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - A federal judge in El Paso sentenced 34-year-old Daniel Leal yesterday to 87 months of imprisonment for cocaine trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff; FBI Special Agent in Charge Luis Quesada, El Paso Division; and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Kyle Williamson, El Paso Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Has Prior Felony Convictions Involving Drugs, Violence, and Guns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Roy Ray III, 20, of Natchez, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge David Bramlette III to possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of a felony crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
