Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ways and Means Committee member Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA) sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare &...
Nexstar, Charter Bringing News to Berkshire County, Mass.
Mar 4, 2020
Washington, DC | Jon Lafayette, Broadcasting+CableNexstar Media Group and Charter Communications said they reached an agreement that will create a special feed of local news from Nexstar’s WWLP-TV...
Mnuchin, Neal tout infrastructure plan as economic stimulus
Mar 4, 2020
Washington, DC | Doug Sword, Roll CallThere exists a “grand opportunity” for Congress and the administration to come together and pass a $1 trillion-plus infrastructure package to counter the...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing of the Committee on Ways and Means on the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin
Mar 3, 2020
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Welcome Secretary Mnuchin and thank you for joining us today. We are here to examine the President’s 2021 budget, a proposal that doubles down on...
Neal Statement on the Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear Texas v. United States
Mar 2, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Supreme Court announced it will hear Texas v. the United States: “The Trump...
22News is coming back to Berkshire County
Feb 29, 2020
Pittsfield, MA | WWLP NewsroomPITTSFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Nexstar Media Group, the parent company of WWLP-22News, and Charter Communications announced Friday that they have agreed to provide a...
Neal, Markey, Warren Celebrate Return of WWLP-TV22 to Berkshire County
Feb 28, 2020
Washington, DCSenators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Congressman Richard E. Neal announced today that he has helped successfully broker a deal between the cable provider Charter...
Deal to return Springfield NBC station to Spectrum lineup in Berkshires
Feb 28, 2020
Washington, DC | The Berkshire EagleSpectrum cable television subscribers in the Berkshires will again be able to view news from WWLP-TV, the Springfield-based NBC affiliate. In a statement released...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing of the Committee on Ways and Means on the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 with Health and Human Services Secretary Azar
Feb 27, 2020
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning and welcome Secretary Azar. Thank you for joining us for this important hearing. I think we all understand that you have been very busy...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing on U.S.-China Trade and Competition
Feb 26, 2020
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning and welcome. We are holding this hearing today at a critical juncture in the U.S.-China trade and economic relationship. The scale and speed of...
Mayor Sarno Joined with City and Other Officials for an Announcement and Tour of the Watershop Dam
Feb 26, 2020
Springfield, MASpringfield, MA – Mayor Domenic J. Sarno joined with Executive Director of PBRM Patrick Sullivan, Chief Development Officer Tim Sheehan, Director of Community Development...
Springfield plans $2.5M improvements at ‘high hazard’ Watershops Pond Dam
Feb 26, 2020
Washington, DC | Peter Goonan, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — City officials on Tuesday announced plans for a $2.5 million project to improve the Watershops Pond Dam, which is deemed to have “high hazard”...
Basketball legends Julius ‘Dr. J’ Erving and Sheryl Swoopes watch as U.S. Mint strikes first commemorative coin for Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Feb 26, 2020
Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLivePHILADELPHIA — Julius Erving and fellow basketball hall-of-famer Sheryl Swoopes struck fear in the opposition on the court. On Tuesday, they struck coins at the...
House and Senate Committee Leaders Call for SSA to Abandon Proposed Rule Changing the Agency’s Appeals Process
Feb 19, 2020
Washington, DCTop Democrats from the House Ways and Means Committee, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, House Judiciary Committee, and Senate Finance Committee yesterday called for the Trump...
Federal grant to increase rural high-speed internet access in western Massachusetts
Feb 15, 2020
Westfield, MA | Duncan MacLean, WWLPWESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Massachusetts senators and representatives announced $10 million in funding to increase rural high-speed internet access in western...
Neal Celebrates FCC Funding to Expand Rural Broadband in Western Massachusetts
Feb 13, 2020
Washington, DCThe Federal Communications Commission today authorized more than $10 million in funding over ten years to expand rural broadband in Massachusetts. These investments will connect...
Chairman Neal Statement on President Trump’s Proposed Budget
Feb 11, 2020
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on President Trump’s FY 2021 budget proposal: “When I saw the President’s...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing on the Disappearing Corporate Income Tax
Feb 11, 2020
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing on the disappearing corporate income tax. It has been two years since the Minority passed their tax bill...
EPA Unveils New Housatonic Cleanup Plan For Berkshire County
Feb 11, 2020
Washington, DC | Josh Landes, WAMCReaction is mixed today after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement to carry out a new cleanup of the polluted Housatonic River. An...
PBS anchor Gwen Ifill, former Springfield resident, remembered with U.S. stamp
Feb 10, 2020
Springfield, MA | Dave Canton, MassLiveSPRINGFIELD — The U.S. Postal Service’s newest “forever” stamp, featuring PBS newsperson Gwen Ifill, was officially unveiled Sunday in the atrium of the former...