Springfield, MAAhead of the 15th anniversary of President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA)...
USPS workers want to stamp out Trump, DOGE talk of privatization
Mar 20, 2025
Springfield, MA | By Namu Sampath | nsampath@repub.comAmber James has worked for the U.S. Postal Service for over two decades. When she learned last week that Louis DeJoy, postmaster general,...
Despite funding uncertainty under President Trump, Gov. Healey says ‘full steam’ for west-east rail
Mar 20, 2025
Springfield, MA | By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.comDesign work for track and station projects needed to make Pittsfield-to-Springfield-to-Boston passenger rail work proceeds despite worries that the...
Neal on the Five-Alarm Fire at the Social Security Administration
Mar 19, 2025
Springfield, MAWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted Republicans’ systematic attack on the people’s earned benefits and the Social Security Administration: “The...
Neal, Ways and Means Democrats to Smith: Bring Musk to Ways and Means
Mar 18, 2025
Washington, D.C.After Ways and Means Democrats commanded the attention of the American people, rightfully hearing their concerns over DOGE’s illegal access to their most sensitive data,...
Neal Highlights Impact of Proposed Medicaid Cuts on First Congressional District
Mar 18, 2025
Easthampton, MAToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Dr. Lynn Ireland, President & CEO of Riverside Industries, to highlight the impact of proposed Medicaid cuts on the First Congressional...
Neal, Ways and Means Democrats Warn Social Security Administrator: the American People are Watching
Mar 13, 2025
Washington, D.C.Following Elon Musk’s targeting of Social Security, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), along with every Ways and Means Democrat, warned Acting Social...
Neal Opening Statement at ROI Markup
Mar 12, 2025
Washington, D.C.(As prepared for delivery) Image WATCH HERE Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Today’s markup of these two Resolutions of Inquiry is an important step in ensuring Congress continues its...
Neal and Pallone Blast the Trump Administration for Closing the HHS Offices that Help Fight Fraud
Mar 12, 2025
Washington, D.C.Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today...
Neal Statement After Voting No on Partisan Funding Bill
Mar 11, 2025
Washington, D.C.Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after voting against Republicans’ cruel and partisan funding bill that abandons the...
House Democratic Health Leaders Demand Answers on Firings of Medicare & Medicaid Staff
Mar 10, 2025
Washington, D.C.House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), along with Ways and Means Health...
Neal Statement on Latest Trump Attack on American Health Care
Mar 10, 2025
Washington, D.C.Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Marketplace...
Neal Statement on February Jobs Report
Mar 7, 2025
Washington, D.C.Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) February 2025 jobs report: “When the...
Neal, Sewell, Davis Demand Answers on DOGE’s Latest Incursion into the American People’s Most Sensitive Data
Mar 7, 2025
Washington, D.C.Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Ranking...
Dems Introduce Resolutions Ending Trump’s Tariff Authority on Mexico & Canada
Mar 6, 2025
Washington, D.C.Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today introduced Resolutions to terminate President Trump’s unlawful use of “emergency”...
Neal Statement on Trump’s Trade War
Mar 4, 2025
Washington, D.C.Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement lambasting Trump’s Trade War: “It’s only taken the president 43 days to wreak...
Neal Announces Guest for Presidential Address to Congress
Mar 3, 2025
Washington, D.C.Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal announced that he will be joined by Michael Slater, former Program Support Assistant with the Springfield Vet Center, as his guest for the...
Neal, Thompson, Sewell Slam Closure of 100 IRS Offices, Demand Answers from Administration
Feb 28, 2025
Washington, D.C.Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Tax Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Thompson (D-CA), and Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Terri Sewell (D-AL)...
Neal Opening Statement at Tax Markup
Feb 26, 2025
Washington, D.C.Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This markup comes at a time when our Republican colleagues are pretending that business is usual when in fact it’s anything but. While they seek to gut...
Neal, Larson, Davis: “Jeopardizing the Social Security Administration Jeopardizes Social Security Beneficiaries”
Feb 26, 2025
Washington, D.C.Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson (D-CT), and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Ranking...