Aug 21, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration and European Union announced details of a trade framework:...
Aug 20, 2025
by Ryan Feyre | Aug 20, 2025 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Springfield U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Malden) visited the Springfield Jewish Community Center to see how a $1 million earmark...
Aug 15, 2025
Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Frank Valeri, President of Mass Retirees Association, Shawn Duhamel, CEO of Mass Retirees Association, and Joshua Powers, Director of Government...
Aug 15, 2025
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com SPRINGFIELD — Staffing at local Social Security offices is down 40% since January, said Rafael Castillo, the American Federation of Government Employees...
Aug 13, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ahead of the 90th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal...
Aug 8, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) responded to reporting that Trump has fired the IRS Commissioner Billy Long, the sixth IRS Commissioner in 2025: “We...
Aug 8, 2025
By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams Less than two months after U.S. Senate Republicans confirmed Billy Long as head of the Internal Revenue Service, the scandal-plagued commissioner...
Aug 8, 2025
By Sarah Heinonen | Reminder Publishing WILBRAHAM — To honor the 60th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal visited the residents at Life Care Center of Wilbraham, a...
Aug 7, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted Trump’s latest tariffs that went into effect on August 7, 2025: “Trump’s economic sabotage went into effect today. With...
Aug 1, 2025
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com GREENFIELD — Tariffs and the uncertainty created by President Donald Trump caused July’s dismal jobs numbers reported on Friday, said U.S. Rep. James P....
Jul 31, 2025
By Tara Suter, The Hill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing heavy backlash from Democrats over a Wednesday remark in which he talked about “a backdoor for privatizing Social...
Jul 30, 2025
By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday admitted that a provision in Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a mechanism for privatizing Social...
Jun 30, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Ways and Means Committee Member Dwight Evans (D-PA) announced that he will not...
Jun 26, 2025
Washington, D.C. | By Miriam Wasser, WBUR The Massachusetts congressional delegation is demanding answers from federal immigration officials about conditions at an administrative office in...
Jun 25, 2025
“Social Security is a promise. It’s an essential commitment to the American people, earned with every paycheck and promised to those who work hard and play by the rules.”
Jun 24, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement marking the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...
Jun 22, 2025
Washington, D.C. | By John L. Micek, Masslive Massachusetts lawmakers swiftly condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to launch air strikes against Iranian nuclear sites, saying the Republican...
Jun 21, 2025
Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement: “Tonight, President Trump offered the American people no strategy and no justification for his attack on Iran — only the prospect of...
Jun 19, 2025
Worcester, MA | By Spectrum News Staff Amtrak's seasonal weekend service between Albany, NY and Pittsfield, MA, the Berkshire Flyer, restarts for the 2025 season on Friday, June 20th. The route will...
Jun 18, 2025
Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the 2025 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports: “Social Security and Medicare are...
