Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after reports that dialysis patients in Puerto Rico are not receiving the medical...
Neal Opening Statement at Democratic Forum on Tax Reform
Sep 27, 2017
Washington, DC(Remarks as prepared) Thank you everyone for coming today to discuss the important topic of tax reform. While Republicans are hiding behind closed doors to formulate how they’re...
Neal Statement on Ryan-McConnell Tax Reform Framework
Sep 27, 2017
Washington, DC Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after Speaker Ryan and Leader McConnell unveiled their tax reform framework: “It’s...
House Members Demand Trump Provide Better Maria Response
Sep 27, 2017
Washington, DCToday, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) led 145 Members of Congress in writing to President Trump, demanding that the Department of Defense deploy additional resources to aid recovery...
Neal Receives Assurance from President Trump that Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Will Not Be Eliminated
Sep 26, 2017
Washington, DCFollowing a meeting on tax reform at the White House today with bipartisan members of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Richard E. Neal urged President Donald J....
Whitehouse, Neal Introduce Bill to Help Americans Save for Retirement
Sep 26, 2017
Washington, DCToday, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced legislation to help millions of Americans save for a financially secure retirement through an automatic payroll deduction Individual...
Neal Statement on Preliminary CBO Report of Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill
Sep 25, 2017
Washington, DC Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a preliminary...
U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal Announces the House Passage of H.R. 1235, The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
Sep 25, 2017
Washington, DCU.S. Representative Richard E. Neal announced on Monday the passage of H.R. 1235, The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act in the House of Representatives....
Neal & Pallone Urge HHS to Extend Open Enrollment Period Due to Historic Hurricane Season
Sep 21, 2017
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to Health and Human...
U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal Congratulates Mount Holyoke College on Research Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Sep 21, 2017
South HadleySouth Hadley, MA – Today, U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $452,759 in grant funding to Mount...
U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal Statement on Cassidy-Graham
Sep 20, 2017
Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, MA - U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal released the following statement ahead of the potential Senate vote on the Cassidy-Graham bill: "As early as this week, the...
Democrats Request Investigation into Secretary Price’s Travel
Sep 20, 2017
Washington, DCSenior Congressional Democratic leaders sent a letter to the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) today requesting an investigation into reports that...
Neal & Pallone Slam CMS’s Proposed Changes to CMMI
Sep 20, 2017
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following joint statement...
Neal & Levin to Chairman Brady: Hold Bipartisan ACA Hearings
Sep 14, 2017
Washington, DCFollowing Ways and Means Committee Democrats’ request last week to Chairman Brady to hold bipartisan hearings on stabilizing the individual health insurance market, Ranking Member...
Ranking Member Neal Opening Statement at Markup of Health and Human Resources Legislation
Sep 13, 2017
Washington, DCThe Honorable Richard Neal Opening Statement Ways and Means Committee Health and Human Resources Markup September 13, 2017 Mr. Chairman, I am pleased that today we are marking up three...
Neal Statement on GOP Tax Plan Timeline
Sep 13, 2017
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after House Republicans announced they plan to unveil an updated tax reform framework...
U.S. Representative Neal and Mayor Sarno Announce Over $5 Million in Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Planning and Development Program
Sep 8, 2017
Springfield, MASpringfield, MA – U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal joined Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno this afternoon to announce the awarding of four grants from the U.S. Department of...
Representative Richard E. Neal to Hold Town Hall Forum at Berkshire Community College
Sep 7, 2017
Pittsfield, MAPittsfield, MA – U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal will host a Town Hall forum on Friday, September 15, 2017 at Berkshire Community College's Robert Boland Theater. Doors will...
Ranking Member Neal Opening Statement at Markup of H.Res. 479
Sep 7, 2017
Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal's opening statement at the markup of H.Res. 479: Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to the House of Representatives the tax...
U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal Statement on DACA
Sep 5, 2017
Springfield, MASpringfield, MA - Following President Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhoof Arrivals (DACA) Program, U.S. Representative Richard E. Neal released the following...