New JCT Estimate Pegs Cost of Extending 2017 Trump Tax Law at $5.5 Trillion, Up from Previous Estimate of $4.6 Trillion; Republican Plan for Additional Tax Breaks Could Increase Overall Cost of...
Neal Statement on Senate GOP Budget Resolution
Apr 2, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Senate Republicans released their budget blueprint and attempted to disguise over $5 trillion in...
Neal Statement on Trump’s Trade War Escalation
Apr 2, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Donald Trump escalated his reckless trade war: “The President just marked for history...
Neal Statement on Latest Trump Attack on the Health of the American People
Apr 1, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted the Trump Administration for its latest attack on the health of the American people with illegal mass firings at the Department...
Neal Opening Statement at Democratic Leadership, Steering and Policy Committee for Hearing on Republican Scheme to Destroy Social Security
Apr 1, 2025
(As prepared for delivery) “Today, we are here fighting back for the people. Trump and Musk’s crusade against Social Security is a five-alarm fire, and in the nearly 90 years of Social...
Neal Statement on the 15th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act
Mar 21, 2025
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”...