Holyoke, MAHOLYOKE, MA - Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chairman House Committee on Ways and Means visited Holyoke Community College on Friday to announce a federal grant from the U.S. Department of...
$1.89M federal grant to aid Holyoke Community College in fight against opioid addiction
Aug 7, 2020
Holyoke, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveHOLYOKE — A hundred community health workers will get year-long training at Holyoke Community College in the fight against opioid misuse and addiction due...
Neal Touts Grant to support HCC Community Health Worker program
Aug 7, 2020
Washington, DC | Holyoke Community College PressCongressman Richard Neal visited Holyoke Community College today to announce the awarding of four-year, $1.89 million federal grant aimed at helping...
Opioid abuse program to be offered at Holyoke Community College
Aug 7, 2020
Holyoke, MA | Ariana Tourangeau, WWLPHOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Congressman Richard Neal announced a federal grant Friday at Holyoke Community College for a community health worker program aimed to...
Chairman Neal Praises Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force’s Examination of Telehealth’s Opportunities and Challenges
Aug 6, 2020
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement at the outset of the Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force’s...
Mayor Sarno, Congressman Neal observe damage done by Tropical Storm Isaias in Springfield
Aug 6, 2020
Springfield, MA | WWLPSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Thousands of residents all over western Massachusetts are now into their third night without power. Residents on Edendale Street in Springfield...
Springfield officials pleased with progress, assess recovery costs from Tropical Storm Isaias
Aug 6, 2020
Springfield, MA | Peter Goonan, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — Local officials said Thursday they are pleased with progress in the recovery from Tropical Storm Isaias, and are assessing costs to pursue...
House Democrats slam Trump coronavirus response as ‘wrong’ and ‘dangerous’
Aug 6, 2020
Washington, DC | Noah Higgins-Dunn & Emma Newburger, CNBCHouse Democrats slammed the administration’s response to the pandemic Thursday, saying in a new report that President Donald...
‘The Black vote matters’: Springfield honors John Lewis at 55th anniversary of Voting Rights Act
Aug 6, 2020
Springfield, MA | Jim Kinney, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — State Rep. Bud L. Williams led the city’s Black community and politicians Thursday in rally honoring the legacy of the late civil rights...
Sarno, Neal tour Springfield storm damage
Aug 6, 2020
Springfield, MA | Audrey Russo, Ryan Trowbridge, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Congressman Richard Neal and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno surveyed the damage from Tropical Storm...
Neal joins Clark, House Members in Urging Congress to Include Emergency Child Care Legislation in Next COVID-19 Stimulus
Aug 5, 2020
Washington, DC Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, joined with Reps. Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Richard Neal (MA-1), Danny K. Davis (IL-7), Marcia...
Tributes paid to ‘great hero and true peacemaker’
Aug 3, 2020
Washington, DC | RTE IrelandTributes have been paid to former SDLP leader and Nobel laureate John Hume who died this morning. President Michael D Higgins said everyone who sought and worked for...
Neal Celebrates Nearly $1.2 Billion in SBA Funding Across First Congressional District of Massachusetts
Aug 1, 2020
Holyoke, MAHOLYOKE, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined local business leaders at The Log Cabin in Holyoke to celebrate the success of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA)...
Congressman Neal celebrates the success of the Paycheck Protection Program
Aug 1, 2020
Springfield, MA | Morgyn Joubert, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Congressman Richard Neal and local business leaders came together today to celebrate the success of the Paycheck...
Holyoke press conference highlights PPP loans
Aug 1, 2020
Washington, DC | Dave Canton, The RepublicanA group of area business people who received assistance from the first round of stimulus funding from the Small Business Administration’s the Paycheck...
Neal Announces Major Wins in Appropriations Package
Jul 31, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal highlighted significant victories for western and central Massachusetts, and other communities across America in H.R. 7608, the first “minibus” of...
Unemployed Americans Plead for Senate Republicans to Do Their Jobs and Extend Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Jul 31, 2020
Washington, DC | Ways and Means Democrats held a listening session with recipients of the assistance who will face devastation when the benefit lapsesThis morning, Ways and Means Committee Chairman...
Federal program providing extra $600 a week to unemployed expires Friday
Jul 31, 2020
Washington, DC | Hector Molina, WWLP(WWLP) – The federal program that is currently providing more than 30 million unemployed Americans with an extra $600 per week expires Friday. As of now, leaders...
Chairman Neal Statement on the 55th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid
Jul 30, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the 55th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing Medicare and Medicaid...
Kuster, Neal, Malinowski, Raskin, McGovern Introduce Legislation to Protect National Scenic Trails from Pipeline Development
Jul 30, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), Congressman Richard E. Neal (MA-01), Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and Congressman James P. McGovern...