Press Releases

Following bombshell reporting that SSA’s key databases were copied onto a personal thumb drive for a DOGE employee’s personal gain, the Social Security leaders are fighting for transparency for the...

SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration began pursuing Section 301 investigations in...

“CMS must abandon these harmful policies intended to further dismantle the ACA by making insurance more expensive, harder to get, and harder to keep.” Washington, D.C. – House and Senate Health...

WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (D-CT) released the following statement after the...

SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the February 2026 jobs...

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the passing of the eighth Bishop of the Springfield Diocese, Timothy A. McDonnell. "I was saddened to hear of...

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after the House voted down a War Powers Resolution to halt U.S. military operations in Iran. “Tonight,...

House and Senate Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to President Trump today requesting copies of the most-favored-nation agreements struck with pharmaceutical companies, which have...

(As prepared for delivery)  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This Administration owes the American people an explanation for the reckless sabotage and illegality they have waged over the IRS for the...

Springfield, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after President Trump conducted unauthorized military strikes in Iran. “In 2018, President Trump pulled the...

Holyoke, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Holyoke Mayor Joshua A. Garcia and local officials to announce $800,000 in federal funding for the City of Holyoke's Sewer Separation...

SPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted the Trump Administration for terminating the collective bargaining agreement with the National Treasury...

WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report that...

WASHINGTON, DC—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Trump’s unlawful IEEPA tariffs:  “Today’s...

SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s latest giveaway to big corporations:...

Oxford, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Oxford Town Manager Jennifer Callahan to announce $2,000,000 in federal funding for the Town of Oxford's Main Street Improvement Project....

WASHINGTON, DC—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Democrats forced a vote terminating Trump’s Canada tariffs: “For a year,...

WASHINGTON, DC—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted the failures and lawlessness of the Trump Administration after it was reported that the Internal...

WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the delayed January...

(As prepared for delivery) Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the retirement of a pillar in western Massachusetts and a fixture in Berkshire County: my dear friend, Bill Sturgeon. Born to a...