Press Releases

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) made the following comments after President Trump signed memoranda regarding unemployment benefits and the...

Holyoke, MAHOLYOKE, MA - Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chairman House Committee on Ways and Means visited Holyoke Community College on Friday to announce a federal grant from the U.S. Department of...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) July 2020 jobs...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement at the outset of the Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force’s...

Washington, DC Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, joined with Reps. Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Richard Neal (MA-1), Danny K. Davis (IL-7), Marcia...

Holyoke, MAHOLYOKE, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined local business leaders at The Log Cabin in Holyoke to celebrate the success of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA)...

Washington, DC | Ways and Means Democrats held a listening session with recipients of the assistance who will face devastation when the benefit lapsesThis morning, Ways and Means Committee Chairman...

Washington, DCToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal highlighted significant victories for western and central Massachusetts, and other communities across America in H.R. 7608, the first “minibus” of...

Washington, DCToday, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), Congressman Richard E. Neal (MA-01), Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and Congressman James P. McGovern...

Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the 55th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing Medicare and Medicaid...

Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, M/ Speaker. I rise today with great sadness to say a few words on the life of my friend and colleague, John Lewis. John was the bravest, yet most...

Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning Chairwoman Brownley and Ranking Member Dunn. Thank you for inviting me today to the Subcommittee on Health’s hearing, Who’s in Charge? Examining...

Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) M. Speaker, today we are considering H.R. 7327, the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act, which I introduced together with my friend and colleague,...

Washington, DC | Neal, a key architect of the bill, hosted a roundtable discussion on child care in the COVID-19 era last weekToday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA)...

Washington, DCToday, Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) introduced the Fairness for...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): “Thirty years...

Holyoke, MAHolyoke, MA – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means joined President and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center Spiros Haritas for the announcement...

Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Good morning. Thank you to everyone who is tuning in online, and a special thank you to the terrific moms who have taken time out of their days to be a part...

Washington, DC | During a discussion with Chairman Neal, mothers from across the nation emphasized the vital need for federal investment in safe, affordable, quality child careToday, Ways and Means...

Washington, DC | “There is no time to waste. We urge you to join with us now to protect our workers and our economy”United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chairman of the House...