Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal, Co-Chairman of the Friends of Ireland Caucus in the United States House of Representatives, released the following statement today following the decision...
Statement of Congressman Richard E. Neal on John Lewis
Jan 14, 2017
Washington, DC"John Lewis has been my good friend and colleague for nearly 30 years. He is a Civil Rights icon and an American hero. His extraordinary courage has made our country a better and more...
Neal Statement on GOP Budget Resolution to Repeal Affordable Care Act
Jan 13, 2017
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after the House passed S.Con.Res. 3, which would lay the groundwork to repeal the...
Neal on “Morning Joe”: GOP Rhetoric on Health Care Hasn’t Caught Up with Plan
Jan 5, 2017
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) this morning appeared on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" and discussed Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care, which would...
Neal Statement on House Republican Rules Package
Jan 3, 2017
Washington, DCWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement on H.Res. 5, the Republican rules package for the 115th Congress. Prior to the...
Statement of Congressman Richard E. Neal on the Release of a Federal Report to Significantly Improve Rail Infrastrucure in the Northeast Corridor
Dec 16, 2016
Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement today after the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a comprehensive plan to substantially improve rail...
Congressman Neal Calls for a Bipartisan Investigation into Russian Interference in 2016 Presidential Election
Dec 16, 2016
Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement today calling for a bipartisan investigation into allegations that the Russian government deliberately interfered in the...
Neal Statement on Republican Plan to Cut Social Security Benefits
Dec 9, 2016
Washington, DCRep. Richard Neal (D-MA), incoming Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, today released the following statement after the top Social Security Republican introduced...
Statement of Congressman Richard E. Neal on the Passing of Former Senator John Glenn
Dec 8, 2016
Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal, Dean of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, released the following statement today on the passing of former United States Senator John Glenn. “I...
Statement of Congressman Neal on Decision of Hampshire College Not to Fly American Flag on Campus
Nov 28, 2016
Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement today in response to the recent decision by the Hampshire College Board of Trustees to not fly the American flag on their...
Cardin, Portman Join with Tiberi, Neal for Bicameral Effort to Protect Retirement Security for Working Families
Nov 16, 2016
Washington, DCU.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Representatives Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) and Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.),...
Statement of Congressman Richard E. Neal on the Naming of Steve Bannon as the White House Chief Strategist
Nov 15, 2016
Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement today after President-elect Donald Trump named controversial alt-right movement leader Steve Bannon as his Chief Strategist...
Neal Welcomes Medicare and Medicaid’s $52.4 Billion Masshealth Restructuring Waiver
Nov 4, 2016
Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal, the Dean of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, released the following statement today after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid approved a five...
Congressman Neal’s Statement on Department of Defense Decision to Suspend Its Policy of Reclaiming Enlistment Bonuses
Oct 26, 2016
Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement today after Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced he was ordering the Defense Department to suspend its policy of...
Warren, Markey and Neal Applaud $1.5M HUD Loan Guarantee for Springfield’s Downtown Dining District Loan Fund Project
Oct 24, 2016
Washington, DCToday, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Representative Richard Neal applauded the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD)...
Congressional Delegation Announces $1.9 Million in Funding for Fair Housing Initiatives in Mass.
Sep 30, 2016
Washington, DCUnited States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Representatives Richard Neal, Jim McGovern, Michael Capuano, Stephen Lynch, and Bill Keating announced today...
Brady, Neal Highlight Another Reason for Pro-Growth Tax Reform
Sep 29, 2016
Washington, DC Recently, the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) responded to a request from Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA) for...
Congressmen Tiberi and Neal Introduce STOP Act in the House to Address Overdose Spike From Synthetic Opioids
Sep 15, 2016
Washington, DCToday, Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) introduced the Synthetics Trafficking & Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act, legislation designed to...
Sens. Warren, Markey, and Reps. McGovern, Neal, and Tsongas Announce $2.6M in Grants to Massachusetts Fire Departments
Sep 9, 2016
Washington, DC United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey along with Representatives Richard Neal, Jim McGovern, and Niki Tsongas announced today that the Federal Emergency...
Neal, Guinta, Comstock Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Heroin and Prescription Drug Overdoses in the United States
Apr 18, 2015
Washington, DC The Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2015 addresses America’s growing Heroin epidemic Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Congressman Frank Guinta (R-NH) and Congresswoman...