Democratic Members of the Ways and Means Committee, led by Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), are demanding information on the Trump Administration’s secretive partnership with...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Jun 11, 2025
“The Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans are about to make history. They will be responsible for the biggest theft of health care we’ve ever seen.”
Neal Statement on Trump Administration Terminating Clean Energy Grants
Jun 9, 2025
Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after the Trump Administration terminated $3.7 billion in grants issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy...
Neal Statement on May 2025 Jobs Report
Jun 6, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) May 2025 jobs report: “The warning signs are here:...
Larson and Neal Blast Supreme Court Decision Allowing ‘DOGE’ Access to Personal Data at Social Security
Jun 6, 2025
Today, 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 Supreme Court...
Neal Statement on CBO Reaffirming GOP Cuts will Leave Millions Without Care
Jun 4, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their latest analysis that reaffirmed the harm of...
Neal Blasts Trump’s Tariffs for Shrinking the Economy and Raising Prices
Jun 4, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest analysis affirmed that Trump’s reckless tariff...
Neal, Pallone, Wyden Release Latest CBO Estimates Showing 16 Million People Will Become Uninsured from Republican Health Agenda
Jun 4, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden...
Neal Statement on Trump Gutting of the IRS
Jun 3, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration gutted the Internal Revenue Service budget: “Let’s call this what it...
Neal Statement on Trump’s Latest Budget Proposal
May 30, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the President released his latest budget proposal that betrays the American people: “The...
Neal Statement on Federal Court Blocking Trump’s Reckless Tariff Tax
May 28, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after a three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade ruled that the International Emergency...
Neal Mourns the Passing of Chairman Charlie Rangel
May 26, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement mourning the passing of former Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY): ...
Neal Leads Floor Debate Against the GOP Tax Scam
May 22, 2025
“Well, this big beautiful bill must be so beautiful that we are debating it at quarter past 4 in the morning to avoid the scrutiny for a piece of legislation that was authored just hours ago.”
Neal Blasts House Passage of the GOP Tax Scam
May 22, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after House Republicans jammed their GOP Tax Scam through the House under the cover of night: ...
Ways and Means Democrats Fight for Families, GOP Votes to Leave Them Behind
May 14, 2025
Today, Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee doubled down on a painful and reckless scam that sells out their own constituents—their health care, their jobs, and their paychecks—to funnel more...
Neal Opening Statement at Markup of Tax Cuts for Billionaires, Health Care Cuts for Americans
May 13, 2025
(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In 2017, Republicans passed a tax law that was supposed to pay for itself, raise wages, and help working families. None of that happened. Instead,...
Neal, Pallone, Wyden Release Latest CBO Estimates Showing Millions Will Lose Coverage from Republican ACA Gutting
May 9, 2025
House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking...
Neal Statement on the Republican Tax Markup
May 9, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement blasting the decoy legislation put out by House Republicans ahead of their Tuesday markup: ...
Neal Statement on U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal
May 8, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S.-U.K. trade deal announced today: “The United States and the United Kingdom share a special...
Neal Statement on April 2025 Jobs Report
May 2, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) April 2025 jobs report:“Donald Trump...