SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) put out the following statement ahead of Labor Day 2025: “Labor Day is a celebration of our nation’s...
Neal Statement on Labor Day 2025
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Neal Statement on Trump Administration’s Public Health Assault
Aug 28, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s ongoing attack on the nation’s public health agencies...
Neal Statement on Trump’s Latest Attack on the American Economy
Aug 26, 2025
“As seen around the world, politicizing the central bank means rampant inflation, higher mortgage rates, unstable retirement accounts, and more uncertainty for the people.”
Neal, Larson Call on Congress to Act After Whistleblower Report of ‘DOGE’ Mishandling of Americans’ Private Social Security Data
Aug 26, 2025
East Hartford, CT - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01) and Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) called on Congress to act...
West-east rail gets additional $3.5M from US Dept. of Transportation
Aug 26, 2025
By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com SPRINGFIELD — Efforts to develop west-east passenger rail received a $3.5 million boost Monday. The money will be used to prepare the state Department of...
Neal Statement on the Trump/EU Trade Framework
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:...
Markey, Neal, state delegates tour Springfield JCC on Aug. 14
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...
Neal Commemorates 90th Anniversary of Social Security
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...
Longer wait times, slower service: A birthday visit to Springfield Social Security Office reveals impact of cuts
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...
Neal Marks 90 Years of Social Security
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...
Neal Statement on Trump’s Firing of the IRS Commissioner
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...
‘The Clown Show Continues’: Billy Long Out at IRS, But Probe to Persist
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...
Neal blasts cuts while marking Medicare, Medicaid anniversary
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...
Neal Statement on Trump’s Tariffs Taking Effect
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...
Disappointing jobs numbers mean ‘this is Donald Trump’s economy right now’ say McGovern, Neal
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....
Democrats blast Bessent over Trump baby accounts ‘backdoor for privatizing Social Security’ remarks
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...
Bessent Admits Trump Tax Scam Offers ‘Backdoor for Privatizing Social Security’
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...
Neal Statement on Evans Retirement
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...
Mass. lawmakers press ICE for answers on use of Burlington office for detainees
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...
Neal Opening Statement at Social Security and Worker and Family Support Joint Subcommittee Hearing with Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano
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.”