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...
Neal Statement on June 2022 Jobs Report
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Neal Statement on Assassination of Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Jul 8, 2022
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...
Neal Statement on Trump’s Use of IRS to Target Political Enemies
Jul 7, 2022
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...
Chairman Neal Requests Immediate Investigation into the Exploitation of the IRS by Trump Appointee
Jul 7, 2022
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...
Neal Applauds VA Decision to Keep Leeds Medical Center Open
Jun 27, 2022
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...
Chairman Neal Statement on Supreme Court’s Rollback of Roe v. Wade
Jun 24, 2022
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...
Neal Statement on Passage of Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
Jun 24, 2022
WashingtonCongressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement today after the House and Senate passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, historic gun violence prevention...
Neal Celebrates Feasibility Study to Upgrade North Adams Flood Chutes
Jun 23, 2022
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...
Neal Votes to Lower Food and Fuel Costs
Jun 17, 2022
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...
Neal Floor Speech Commemorating Centennial of James Joyce’s “Ulysses”
Jun 16, 2022
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. ...
Neal Statement on BDS Boston’s “Mapping Project”
Jun 15, 2022
WashingtonToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the BDS Boston "Mapping Project." "BDS Boston’s release earlier this month of 'The Mapping Project' is dangerous and...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing on the Burnout Epidemic and What Working Women Need for a Stronger Economy
Jun 15, 2022
Washington(As prepared for delivery) In just a few minutes, we will hear the powerful stories of women who are doing their best to exist in our economy. I’m going to be brief because I want to let...
Keating, Neal, Boyle, and Fitzpatrick Denounce UK Legislation
Jun 13, 2022
WashingtonTonight, Congressman Bill Keating, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe; Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and Co-Chair of the Friends...
Neal Statement on U.K. Legislation to Change the Northern Ireland Protocol
Jun 13, 2022
Springfield, MAHouse Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement in response to the United Kingdom’s introduction of legislation to change the Northern...
Springfield Water and Sewer Commission Hosts Regional Water Roundtable with Congressman Richard Neal
Jun 10, 2022
Westfield, MAThe Springfield Water and Sewer Commission (Commission) was pleased to host Congressman Richard Neal (MA-1) for a Regional Water Roundtable today at West Parish Filters Water Treatment...
Neal Statement on Unemployment Insurance GAO Reports
Jun 8, 2022
WashingtonToday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office’s latest reports on unemployment...
U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.6 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds for Trailway Expansion to Boost Tourism in Southbridge, Massachusetts
Jun 8, 2022
WashingtonToday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million grant to Southbridge, Massachusetts,...
Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Announces Over $59 Million in AmeriCorps Funding
Jun 7, 2022
WashingtonUnited States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), Bill...
Neal Statement on May 2022 Jobs Report
Jun 3, 2022
Springfield, MAToday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) May 2022 jobs report: “May brought...
Trahan, Clark, Pressley, Massachusetts Delegation Requests Abbott’s Timeline to Replenish Commonwealth’s Baby Formula Supply
May 17, 2022
Lowell, MAToday, Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Assistant Speaker of the House, and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) led the Massachusetts Delegation, including Senators...