Press Releases

WashingtonToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4346, CHIPS and Science Act: “President...

WashingtonToday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4040, Advancing Telehealth Beyond...

WashingtonToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding the House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 6929, the Susan Muffley Act of...

WashingtonToday, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $914,465 grant to Berkshire Innovation Center, Inc., Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to help...

Ludlow, MAToday U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) New England Regional Administrator Mike Vlacich and Massachusetts District Director Bob Nelson joined Congressman Richard Neal as they toured...

Springfield, MAToday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Biden signed the Formula Act into law: “Parents should never...

WashingtonCongressman Richard E. Neal today voted to enshrine marriage equality into federal law.  The Respect for Marriage Act will officially repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a...

WashingtonHouse Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Formula Act: “The formula shortage has been...

WashingtonToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after joining a bipartisan group of colleagues earlier this evening in passing H.R. 7900 – National Defense...

Washington(As prepared for delivery) Housing is a basic necessity for every American. It plays a vital role in determining our access to education and jobs, our health and well-being, and our...

Springfield, MAHouse Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) June 2022 jobs report: “Yet again, the...

Springfield, MAHouse Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement mourning the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: “This is a...

Springfield, MAHouse Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement in response to a news report that former President Trump’s Internal Revenue Service...

Springfield, MAIn a letter to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) requested a full investigation into...

Springfield, MAToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means released the following statement after learning of the news that the VA would not consider closing...

WashingtonToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade:  “Today’s ruling is the...

WashingtonCongressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement today after the House and Senate passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, historic gun violence prevention...

WashingtonCongressman Richard E. Neal today celebrated a critical first step in protecting the lives and livelihoods of residents of North Adams.   In April, Congressman Neal submitted a...

WashingtonYesterday, Congressman Richard E. Neal voted for new bipartisan legislation to lower the cost of food and fuel: another step forward in House Democrats’ fight against inflation.  The...

Washington(As Prepared for Delivery) Thank you M. Speaker. I rise today to commemorate the Centennial of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” arguably one of the best literary masterpieces of our time. ...