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EPA Selects Six Projects in Massachusetts to Receive $2.7 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

May 6, 2020

Boston, MABOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that six grantees in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have been selected to receive $2.7 million to...

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Neal Reiterates Opposition to Case to Overturn the ACA as House Files Brief with SCOTUS

May 6, 2020

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives filed a brief with the...

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Grassley, Wyden, Neal Push Treasury to Allow Small Businesses to Deduct PPP Expenses

May 5, 2020

Washington, DC Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) today wrote...

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Massachusetts Awarded Nearly $4 Million in Emergency Food and Shelter Assistance Under CARES Act

May 5, 2020

Washington, DC | Funding Will Assist Organizations Providing Resources to Hungry and Homeless Populations Across CommonwealthUnited States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey...

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Neal Calls for 90-Day Suspension of All Tariffs on Goods Necessary to Combat COVID-19 Public Health Crisis

May 4, 2020

Springfield, MA | The Chairman’s recommendation follows the release of a USITC report he requested on the import of medical supplies and productsSPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, after reviewing a U.S....

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Ways and Means Democrats Urge Trump Administration to Prioritize Tribal Communities in Coronavirus Response Efforts

May 1, 2020

Washington, DC | The CARES Act authorized $8 billion for sovereign tribal governments that has yet to be disbursedToday, a group of Ways and Means Committee Democrats called on the Department of...

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House Health Leaders Oppose Rule to Roll Back ACA Nondiscrimination Protections

May 1, 2020

Washington, DCToday, Chairs of the House Committees that oversee the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) voiced their strong opposition to a harmful Trump Administration rule that would...

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Ways and Means Democrats Urge Mnuchin to Ensure Support Reaches Most Vulnerable Americans During COVID-19 Crisis

Apr 30, 2020

Springfield, MA | During a bipartisan phone meeting with the Treasury Secretary, Committee Democrats underscored the importance of assistance for struggling individuals and small...

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Neal Statement on the Administration’s Extension of COBRA Eligibility Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 30, 2020

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced that recently unemployed...

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Neal Requests the IRS Promptly Provide Public Briefing on Economic Impact Payments

Apr 30, 2020

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue...

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Neal: Assistance for Cities and States a Priority for Next COVID-19 Response Package

Apr 29, 2020

Springfield, MA | During discussion with the Chairman, mayors from across the nation emphasized the vital need for federal supportSPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard...

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Massachusetts Medicare Providers Awarded Additional $163 Million in CARES Act Relief

Apr 29, 2020

Washington, DCUnited States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch...

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Readout of Neal, Ways and Means Democrats’ Call with USTR on the USMCA

Apr 27, 2020

Washington, DCHouse Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after convening a conference call with Democratic members of the Ways and Means Trade...

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Neal and Lewis Decry IRS Demands that Employees Resuming On-Site Work Monday Obtain Their Own PPE

Apr 25, 2020

Washington, DC | Potentially more than 10,000 IRS employees face this unreasonable mandateAfter obtaining an email sent from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Human Capital Office to IRS employees...

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Neal Statement on House Passage of Emergency Interim Funding Package

Apr 24, 2020

Washington, DCHouse Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R.266, The Paycheck Protection and Health Care...

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Neal, DeFazio Urge Trump Administration to Support Motorcoach Industry Amid COVID-19 Crisis

Apr 24, 2020

Washington, DCToday, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR) requested Department of Treasury Secretary...

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Chairman Neal Floor Remarks on Emergency Interim Funding Package

Apr 23, 2020

Washington, DC(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, M. Speaker. We are here today in these trying and unprecedented times to act on an emergency interim funding package that I am proud has strong...

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Mass. Lawmakers Urge Trump Administration to Fully Fund COVID-19 Response for Tribal Nations in Massachusetts

Apr 23, 2020

Washington, DC | Lawmakers Seek Cost-Share Waivers for Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and Mashpee Wampanoag TribeUnited States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA),...

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Chairman Neal Comments on Additional Allocations of $100 Billion COVID-19 Fund for Health Care Providers

Apr 22, 2020

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided new...

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Neal Statement on 2020 Medicare and Social Security Trustees Reports

Apr 22, 2020

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the 2020 Medicare Trustees Report and 2020 Social Security...

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