Washington, DC | Laney Ruckstuhl, WBURFor Massachusetts' congressional delegation, a four-page letter summarizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 22-month investigation into...
Mercy Medical Center’s Caritas Gala raises money for better patient care
Mar 23, 2019
Springfield, MA | Jennifer Zarate, WWLPSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Mercy Medical Center held its third annual Caritas Gala, inviting guests to attend an "Evening at the Emmys." The event kicked off...
House Committee Chairs Joint Statement Calling for Full Disclosure of Mueller Report from DOJ and Release of Underlying Evidence to Relevant Committees
Mar 22, 2019
Washington, DC On February 22, the chairs of six committees in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to Attorney General William Barr to inform him of their expectation that he will make...
Bills by Rep. Richard Neal seek to prop up retirees’ pension plans
Mar 21, 2019
Boston, MA | Shira Schoenberg, MassLiveBOSTON — Americans are living longer, spending more on health care and have less family support than past generations. Yet fewer Americans have pensions that...
Rep. Neal discusses retirement funding reform at a round-table event in Boston
Mar 21, 2019
Boston, MA | Jodi Reed, WWLPBOSTON (WWLP) - As the Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Richard Neal has made it his mission to ensure that Americans do not lose benefits they've...
Congressman Richard Neal covers the ‘inside baseball’ of politics at UMass
Mar 20, 2019
Washington, DC | Will Katcher, Massachusetts Daily CollegianTo the roughly 100 people who crowded the upstairs floor of the University of Massachusetts Old Chapel Tuesday afternoon, Congressman...
Neal offers ‘inside baseball’ at UMass
Mar 20, 2019
Washington, DC | Dusty Christensen, Daily Hampshire GazetteU.S. Rep. Richard Neal continues to make headlines as activists pressure him on two issues: obtaining President Donald Trump’s tax returns...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin
Mar 14, 2019
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning and welcome to our witness, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Today we will discuss President Trump’s proposal to slash more than 1.4...
Neal Statement on Trump’s Proposed Cuts to Medicare
Mar 13, 2019
Washington, DCU.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal released the following statement today on President Donald J. Trump’s proposal to cut Medicare by $845 billion over ten...
Neal Statement on House Passage of H.R. 1
Mar 8, 2019
Washington, DCUnited States Congressman Richard E. Neal issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act, today by a margin of 234-193. “The...
Mass. representatives outline their political agendas
Mar 8, 2019
Springfield, MA | Taylor Jacobs, Andrew Masse, Western Mass NewsSPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - For about two months, Congressman Richard Neal has been the chair of the Ways and Means Committee, a...
Neal Opening Statement at Markup of Views and Estimates Letter
Mar 6, 2019
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning. We meet today to consider the Committee’s annual budget views and estimates for fiscal year 2020 in accordance with the requirements of...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing on Our Nation’s Crumbling Infrastructure and the Need for Immediate Action
Mar 6, 2019
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning, and welcome to our witnesses and audience members. Thank you everyone for being here today. Today we will hear testimony from some of the...
House Democrats Kick Off Push To Tackle Infrastructure ‘Crisis’
Mar 6, 2019
Washington, DC | Igor Bobic, HuffPost― President Donald Trump blasted investigations into his administration as “nonsense” on Tuesday, lamenting that Democratic lawmakers were not focusing on issues...
Federal, State Legislative Outlook Is Focus Of Business Luncheon
Mar 5, 2019
Washington, DC | Paul Tuthill, WAMCThe premier legislative event in western Massachusetts – the annual Springfield Regional Chamber’s Outlook luncheon – heard today from a leading Democrat in the...
Neal: New NAFTA will have ‘very hard’ path through Congress
Mar 4, 2019
Washington, DC | Sabrina RodriguezHouse Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal will play a decisive role in getting Congress to approve President Donald Trump's new North American trade pact. As of...
2019 City of Bright Nights Ball co-chairs announced
Mar 1, 2019
Springfield, MA | Monica Ricci, WWLPSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - The Spirit of Springfield announced plans for the 2019 City of Bright Nights Ball Friday morning. Congressman Richard Neal and...
Rep. Richard Neal to Trump trade rep: Exempt Springfield’s CRRC from tariff hike to grow jobs, keep fares low
Feb 28, 2019
Washington, DC | Jim Kinney, MassLiveU.S. Rep. Richard Neal on Wednesday urged the Trump administration’s top trade representative to spare CRRC-MA the 25 percent tariff imposed this summer on rail...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing on U.S.-China Trade
Feb 27, 2019
Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning. Today we welcome Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative to discuss U.S.-China Trade. At the direction of the...
Neal Becomes Chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation
Feb 13, 2019
Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) was named Chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), a bicameral, non-partisan committee that plays an essential...