Press Releases

SPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Washington Post discovered the Trump Administration exposed Social...

WASHINGTON, DC—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order to expand...

(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  I appreciate the strong, bipartisan work by our colleagues that has resulted in the six bills we are marking up today. They listened...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after the announcement that Baystate Health will be acquiring Mercy Medical Center: “I am pleased that...

(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  Rightfully feeling the heat of the public’s anger, the majority is holding their third hearing on health care in as many weeks, all to...

WASHINGTON, DC—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after a newly released GAO report requested by Ways and Means Democrats found...

(As prepared for delivery)  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to Ambassador Greer for being here today. When you were here a year ago, one may have been able to say a reckless experiment...

WATCH HERE “Want to thank our witnesses today for this helpful dialogue. So let me disabuse all in the room today of the following. I'm not aware of anybody here who's for fraud. I think that's a...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  We share heritage as sons of the Commonwealth. I go way back with your family. I supported your father for President and was a delegate for your uncle when he ran,...

WASHINGTON, DC—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement marking the end of the 2026 tax filing season: “We knew exactly how this story would...

Springfield, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, members of the Springfield City Library, members of the Springfield Library Commission, and local...

Springfield, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement regarding the 28th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: “Twenty-eight years ago, the governments of Ireland...

One in 10 Americans over the age of 60 have experienced some form of elder abuse WASHINGTON, DC— At a time when Republicans and the Trump Administration are threatening health programs and...

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 March 2026 jobs report:...

SPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement ahead of the one-year anniversary of Trump’s “Liberation Day”: “One year after...

WASHINGTON, DC— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) slammed House Republicans for sneaking a change in their rule that blocks Congress’s ability to bring forward...

(As prepared for delivery)  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It’s been over a year of the Republican trifecta in Washington, and the people still are left wondering when Republicans will finally come...

SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement ahead of the 16th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being signed into...