Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Trump released his FY26 budget proposal: “Today’s budget proposal is an appetizer of...
Neal Announces 2025 Military Service Academy Day
Apr 28, 2025
Congressman Richard E. Neal invites high school students, their families, and school counselors to attend the 2025 Academy Day information session. Academy Day will help interested students...
Neal Statement on Trump’s Latest Weaponization of the Government
Apr 24, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Trump targeted the Democratic fundraising platform, ActBlue: “Targeting the...
Neal, Davis Demand HHS Reverse Illegal Withholding of Funds for Vulnerable Children and Their Families
Apr 22, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Ranking Member Danny K. Davis (D-IL) sent a letter to Health and Human Services...
Neal Highlights Impact of Trump’s Policies during Roundtable with Local Veterans and Veterans’ Advocates
Apr 22, 2025
Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Eric Segundo, Director of Veterans’ Services for the Town of Ludlow, in hosting a roundtable to discuss policies and actions taken by the Trump...
Neal Statement on the Passing of Pope Francis
Apr 21, 2025
Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on the passing of Pope Francis. “I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis. Over the last twelve years,...
Neal Highlights Impact of Reckless Trump Tariff Policy during Visit to Steinerfilm, Inc.
Apr 17, 2025
Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal visited Steinerfilm, Inc. to highlight the impact of the Trump Administration’s reckless trade policies on the First Congressional District. This visit comes one...
Neal Announces $500,000 Earmark for Williamstown Meetinghouse
Apr 17, 2025
Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Carrie Greene, President of the Williamstown Meetinghouse Preservation Fund, to announce $500,000 in federal funding for the Williamstown Meetinghouse. This...
Neal Statement on Trump Administration Cancelling $90 Million in Disaster Prevention Aid for Massachusetts
Apr 16, 2025
Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced the cancellation of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program,...
Ranking Members Neal and Connolly Demand Social Security Abandon Administration’s Plans to Make it More Difficult for Americans to Get Their Earned Benefits
Apr 15, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) sent a letter to U.S. Social...
Neal Continues to Highlight Impact of Proposed Medicaid Cuts on First Congressional District during Visit to Life Care of Wilbraham
Apr 14, 2025
Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Dennis Lopata, Executive Director of Life Care of Wilbraham, to highlight the impact of proposed Medicaid cuts on the First Congressional District. Last...
Ways and Means Democrats Expand Oversight of the Trump Administration and Demand Answers on DOGE’s Meddling in the National Database for New Hires and the Social Security Administration
Apr 11, 2025
Ways and Means Democrats have filed two more Resolutions of Inquiry, demanding all information on DOGE’s unauthorized probes into the National Directory for New Hires and cuts at the Social Security...
Ways and Means Democrats introduce bill to end tariff chaos, reclaim Congress’ trade authority
Apr 10, 2025
Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.), along with all Ways and Means Committee Democrats, today introduced the Stopping a Rogue President on Trade Act, a...
Neal, Ways and Means Democrats Demand Answers on HHS Regional Office Closures
Apr 10, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), along with every other Ways and Means Democrat, wrote to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy...
Neal, Larson Statement on Latest Trump Weaponization of Social Security
Apr 10, 2025
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 lambasting the Trump...
Neal Leads Massachusetts Delegation in Demanding Answers on the Sudden Closure of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Regional Office in Boston
Apr 9, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation - Senator Elizabeth Warren...
Neal Leads Massachusetts Delegation in Demanding Answers on the Sudden Closure of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Regional Office in Boston
Apr 9, 2025
Letter Text PDF Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation - Senator...
Neal Opening Statement at Hearing on the Trump Administration’s 2025 Trade Policy Agenda
Apr 9, 2025
(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to Ambassador Greer for being here today. From the economic soft-landing President Trump was handed, it’s only taken him 79 days to...
Neal Blasts Republicans’ Phony Arithmetic on the House Floor
Apr 9, 2025
WATCH HERE"Mr. Speaker, the proposal that we're hearing from the other side is reckless and irresponsible. What they're saying is what they usually say. Let's complain about the size of the national...
Neal Statement on March 2025 Jobs Report
Apr 4, 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) March 2025 jobs report: “Unemployment is rising, and...