Washington | Funding Will Support Local Efforts to End Homelessness Across CommonwealthUnited States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives...
Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Announces Over $104 Million in Federal Grants to Combat Homelessness
Mar 16, 2022
Washington | Funding Will Support Local Efforts to End Homelessness Across CommonwealthUnited States Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Representatives...
Neal Secures Nearly $8 Million for First Congressional District through Omnibus Legislation
Mar 11, 2022
WashingtonThis week, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means voted to pass important government funding legislation. The bill’s transformative investments will...
Neal Reiterates Need to Suspend Trade Relations with Russia
Mar 11, 2022
Springfield, MAToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after President Biden requested that Congress vote to suspend permanent normal trade...
Chairman Neal Marks One Year of the American Rescue Plan
Mar 11, 2022
Springfield, MAToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement marking one year since President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act into law:...
Neal Votes to Pass Omnibus Appropriations Funding Package
Mar 10, 2022
WashingtonLast night, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means voted to pass government funding legislation. The bill’s transformative investments will help...
Chairman Neal Floor Remarks on the Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act
Mar 9, 2022
Washington(As prepared for delivery) M/ Speaker, I rise today with great sorrow as the Ukrainian people continue to endure Russia’s brutal invasion. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking footage of...
Neal Statement on Bipartisan Omnibus Funding Bill
Mar 9, 2022
WashingtonToday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2471: “In this pivotal moment, the Congress...
Neal Supports House Passage of Trade Legislation to Hold Russia Accountable
Mar 9, 2022
WashingtonTonight, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Suspending Energy Imports from Russia...
Neal Statement on February 2022 Jobs Report
Mar 4, 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) February 2022 jobs report: “Our...
Chairman Neal Opening Statement At Hearing on Substance Use, Suicide Risk, and the American Health System
Mar 2, 2022
Washington(As prepared for delivery) Exactly one month ago, for the first time in more than a decade, this Committee held a hearing examining America’s mental health crisis. Our discussion...
Chairman Neal Statement on President Biden’s First State of the Union
Mar 1, 2022
WashingtonTonight, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding President Biden’s first State of the Union address: “Tonight, President Biden...
EPA Issues Final Permit Decision Requiring GE to Clean Up Housatonic River
Mar 1, 2022
Boston, MAThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued its final permit decision obligating the General Electric Company to perform a cleanup of the Rest of River portion of the...
Neal Statement on President Biden’s Historic Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
Feb 28, 2022
Springfield, MACongressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. "Judge Ketanji Brown...
Neal Statement on Ukraine
Feb 28, 2022
Springfield, MAAs Russian forces continue to invade Ukraine, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement. “The continued invasion by the Russian military is nothing more than...
Neal Commemorates National Public Schools Week
Feb 25, 2022
Springfield, MAToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means, recognized the final day of National Public Schools Week which ran from February 21st– 25th. The...
Neal Condemns Russian Attacks on Ukraine
Feb 24, 2022
Springfield, MASpringfield, MA – Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on Russian’s invasion of Ukraine. “I am supportive of President Biden’s measured and appropriate...
One Year Stronger: Neal Praises Multiemployer Pension Stabilization
Feb 24, 2022
Springfield, MADays away from the one-year anniversary of the House’s passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) hailed the...
One Year Stronger: Neal on Expanded Access to Affordable Health Coverage
Feb 23, 2022
Springfield, MAAhead of the first anniversary of the House of Representatives’ passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA)...
One Year Stronger: Neal Hails Tax Cuts for Families and Workers
Feb 22, 2022
Springfield, MAToday, nearly one year after the House’s passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) highlighted the package’s...