Washington(As prepared for delivery) Our next order of business is Subtitle C. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Childcare Access and Equity which will make investments...
Chairman Neal Opening Statement for Subtitle B at Markup of the Build Back Better Act
Sep 9, 2021
Washington(As prepared for delivery) We now turn to Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Retirement which will make investments to improve Americans’ long-term financial...
Chairman Neal Opening Statement for Subtitle A at Markup of the Build Back Better Act
Sep 9, 2021
Washington(As prepared for delivery) We will now turn to our first order of business, Subtitle A, Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Universal Paid Family and Medical...
Chairman Neal Opening Statement at Markup of the Build Back Better Act
Sep 9, 2021
Washington(As prepared for delivery) Today, we begin consideration of this committee’s contribution to the Build Back Better Act, which will make crucial investments to create jobs, lower the cost...
Neal Statement on Labor Day
Sep 6, 2021
WashingtonSPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) marked Labor Day with the following statement: “The American economy and our local communities were built by our nation’s...
Neal Statement on Passing of Pat Hume
Sep 2, 2021
WashingtonSpringfield, MA - Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the passing of Pat Hume, wife of the late SDLP Leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume. “I am deeply...
Neal Statement on House Passage of FY22 Budget Resolution
Aug 24, 2021
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 601, the Resolution on the Budget for...
Neal Statement on Afghanistan
Aug 15, 2021
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA - Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the ongoing situation in Afghanistan. “As the situation in Afghanistan continues to...
Neal Statement on July 2021 Jobs Report
Aug 6, 2021
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA—Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) July 2021 jobs...
Neal Mourns Passing of Richard Trumka
Aug 5, 2021
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: “I am shocked...
Chairman Neal Marks 56th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid
Jul 30, 2021
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement marking the 56th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing Medicare and...
Neal Statement on Developments in Tax Return Case
Jul 30, 2021
Washington, DC Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the Department of Justice’s position in the Committee’s ongoing lawsuit...
Trump tax returns must be handed over to Rep. Richard Neal and Ways and Means Committee, DOJ says
Jul 30, 2021
Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, The RepublicanThe Justice Department on Friday said the Internal Revenue Service must hand over former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the House Ways and Means...
Federal Funds Reach Venues Shuttered During COVID
Jul 27, 2021
Washington, DC | Paul Tuthill, WAMCDozens of venues in western Massachusetts that were forced to close last year during the COVID-19 pandemic have now received federal aid. 2020 was supposed...
Basketball Hall Of Fame Granted $3.74 Million From SBA
Jul 27, 2021
Springfield, MA | BusinessWest StaffSPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal visited the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Monday to announce $3,740,728 in funding from the U.S. Small...
Neal Announces Nearly $4 Million to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame from the U.S. Small Business Administration
Jul 26, 2021
Springfield, MA | Other eligible venues in western and central Massachusetts receive fundingSpringfield, MA - Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal visited the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame...
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield gets $3.7M in federal COVID Shuttered Venue relief
Jul 26, 2021
Springfield, MA | Peter Goonan, The RepublicanSPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, on Monday announced $20 million in Shuttered Venue Operators Grant aid for COVID relief,...
Neal announces funding to address shortage of health professionals
Jul 21, 2021
East Longmeadow, MA | Sarah Heinonen, The Reminder PublicationsEAST LONGMEADOW – Dozens of first-year graduate students in white lab coats lined the entry to the Philip H. Ryan Health Science Center...
Rehab of building will create construction jobs
Jul 21, 2021
Springfield, MA | G. Michael Dobbs, The Reminder PublicationsSPRINGFIELD – City officials announced on July 16 a contractor for the renovation of 31 Elm Street – also known as the Court Square...
‘America’s infrastructure is falling down’; Rep. Richard Neal talks American Rescue Plan with West Springfield officials
Jul 20, 2021
Washington, DC | Douglas Hook, MassLiveNick Vallone had just passed the Ashley Cemetery on Riverdale Street in West Springfield Thursday when he heard metal connect with asphalt. At the traffic...