Pittsfield, MAPITTSFIELD, Mass. — Students left the classroom last week to give voice to their concerns about school shootings after 17 high school students and faculty were killed in the state of...
Neal meets with Pittsfield students on how to ‘turn outrage into public policy’ on guns
Mar 5, 2018
Pittsfield, MAPITTSFIELD — A week ago, hundreds of city high school students walked out of Pittsfield and Taconic high schools in solidarity with a mounting national movement in...
Congressman applauds students’ gun violence protest
Mar 5, 2018
Washington, DCIt has been nearly three weeks since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School claimed the lives of 17 people. Last week, about 200 Pittsfield and Taconic High School...
Students Meet With Rep. Neal To Talk Gun Reform
Mar 5, 2018
Washington, DCAround the country, students have been planning walkouts and other protests after the school shooting in Florida last month. On Monday, students in Pittsfield met with one of the top...
Lawmakers seek information on curbing opioid addiction in Medicare
Feb 28, 2018
Washington, DCTop Republicans and Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee are requesting information from critical stakeholders on how to prevent and treat opioid addiction in Medicare, as...
Ryan, Pelosi name members to new budget and pension committees
Feb 23, 2018
Washington, DCHouse leaders on Friday announced their members of new joint House–Senate committees on budget and appropriations process reform and the solvency of multi-employer pension plans. The...
Donald Trump urged to appoint NI special envoy
Feb 22, 2018
Washington, DCUS President Donald Trump has been asked to honour his commitment to appoint a special envoy to Northern Ireland. The Friends of Ireland group in the US Congress say the collapse of...
Rep. Neal Asks IRS to Reevaluate VCP User Fees
Feb 22, 2018
Washington, DCIn a Feb. 21 letter to Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter, Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) has requested that the IRS reevaluate the new Voluntary Correction Program (VCP) user...
US Rep. Richard Neal: Trump administration’s push to extend short-term insurance plans aims to ‘sabotage’ Obamacare
Feb 21, 2018
Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, criticized the Trump administration this week for proposing a rule that would allow Americans to buy short-term health insurance plans beyond the...
US Rep. Richard Neal calls for stronger federal background checks on gun purchases after deadly Florida school shooting
Feb 15, 2018
Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, urged congressional leaders Thursday to take action to strengthen federal background checks on gun purchases -- a move which he argued would help...
Congressman Neal weighs-in on Trump’s infrastructure plan
Feb 13, 2018
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - President Donald Trump announced his plans for a 2019 budget Monday morning. The announcement included a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan to...
Valley lawmakers decry Trump budget proposal
Feb 12, 2018
Northampton, MANORTHAMPTON — Monday’s release of the White House’s budget proposal was met with stinging criticism from elected officials in the Pioneer Valley. President Trump’s $4.4 trillion...
Congressman Neal hosts symposium on new federal tax law
Feb 12, 2018
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Congress passed the new tax law this past December, and that means big changes for tax preparers. Congressman Richard Neal held a tax symposium in...
Federal lawmakers say EPA should insist on GE cleaning up Housatonic, dumping toxic waste outside Mass.
Feb 9, 2018
Washington, DCMassachusetts federal lawmakers are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to push General Electric to finish cleaning the polluted parts of the Housatonic River and cart the toxic...
Mass Delegation Calls on Pruitt to Uphold Rest of the River Plan
Feb 9, 2018
Washington, DC PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The region's congressional delegation is pushing Environment Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to uphold the EPA's 2016 order that contaminated material...
IRS Extends Time Period to Claim Tax Deductions for Crumbling Foundations Repair
Feb 7, 2018
Washington, DCState officials announced more help is coming for people with crumbling foundations in northern, central and eastern Connecticut Wednesday. Congressmen Joe Courtney (D) and John Larson...
Failing foundations: IRS extends tax relief deadlines for victims of crumbling concrete
Feb 7, 2018
Washington, DCHomeowners hit with repair costs because tainted concrete used in their foundations and basements is crumbling have more time now to claim their loss as as a deduction on their federal...
Congressman Neal visits his smaller constituents at St. Mary’s School
Feb 2, 2018
Lee, MALEE — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal is no stranger to the classroom. And on Thursday, it showed. Neal, who once taught history at Catholic High School in Springfield, held court before a group...
Congressmen react to Trump’s SOTU
Feb 2, 2018
Washington, DCA day after President Donald Trump spelled out his accomplishments in his first State of the Union address, the region’s two congressmen said the president’s message failed to unify...
Rep. Neal visits Westfield High School to honor student
Feb 2, 2018
Westfield, MAWESTFIELD – U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D-MA) visited Westfield High School on Thursday to honor senior Zachary Medeiros for his acceptance one week ago into the U.S. Naval...