Congressman Richard E. Neal joined SBA New England Regional Administrator Michael A. Vlacich, SBA Massachusetts District Director Robert H. Nelson, and local and state officials to celebrate Jim and Kelly Sullivan, President and Vice President of Millennium Press, for being named Massachusetts Small Business Persons of the Year by the Small Business Administration. The Sullivans were named the rec... Read More »
Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) April 2023 jobs report: “12 million jobs have been created under President Biden, and while Republicans have put all our progress on the line, today’s jobs report is more proof of the resilience of the American worker. Unemployment is back to a 50-year... Read More »
Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Major General Gary W. Keefe, Adjutant General for the Massachusetts National Guard, Colonel David L. Halasi-Kun, Base Commander for the 104th Fighter Wing, and State Senator John Velis to celebrate the recent announcement that Barnes Air National Guard Base (ANG) will be receiving a new fleet of F-35A Lighting II aircraft beginning in 2026. “Today is a good day n... Read More »
Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Elms College President Harry E. Dumay to announce a $1,000,000 earmark to expand the education and social work programs at Elms College. The allocation was made possible through Congressionally Direct Spending (CDS) from the Department of Education. Congressman Neal included funding for this project in the Fiscal Year 2023 spending bill that was signed int... Read More »
(As prepared for delivery) Welcome to the Committee on Ways and Means, Commissioner Werfel. It is an honor to have you with us today, and what a start to your time as Commissioner. I want to start by saluting the dedicated workers of the Internal Revenue Service. It is their commitment to taxpayers that has allowed for the Inflation Reduction Act to make such quick headway. Your testimony comes at... Read More »
WATCH HERE Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I might consume Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong opposition to the default on America's Act. The Chairman just mentioned something that is noteworthy. He said We are seeing a Republican plan and for the next hour we intend to make sure America gets a chance to see the Republican plan. A reminder for those who might be paying ... Read More »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted Republicans’ disastrous Default on America Act: “House Republicans’ reckless agenda, cobbled together behind closed doors and in the dead of night, is a bad deal for the American people. It forces either drastic, dangerous cuts or wrecks our nation’s credit through a manufactured crisis. “Republicans’ massive tax cuts to the ri... Read More »
Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision protecting access to mifepristone: “Today’s Supreme Court ruling gives certainty to millions of American that they can access safe, effective medication, affirming the FDA’s rigorous drug approval processes and the scientific proof they provide. While today’s decision ... Read More »
House Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey (D-PA), and Co-Chair of the House Elder Justice Caucus Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today introduced legislation to protect seniors and people with disabilities from abuse, isolation, and neglect. The Elder Justice Rea... Read More »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Republicans finally went public on their backroom schemes to hold the U.S. economy hostage: “Today exposes another farce from the chaotic, extremist Republican Party. No new ideas, only a hatred of ours. Their long-delayed, irresponsible scheme won’t even follow regular order before it could make ... Read More »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement today marking the end of the 2023 tax filing season: “This Tax Day, the contrast is clear – while Democrats delivered a significant down payment on improving taxpayer services, Republicans are doubling down on undoing this progress to protect tax cheats. Thanks to our investment, this filing season, the IR... Read More »
Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (Commission) report, Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Program Usage, Trends, and Sectoral Highlights. In January 2022, Ranking Member Neal asked the Commission to assess the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a trade preference program for sub-S... Read More »
House and Senate Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to 12 of the nation’s largest health insurers and trade associations representing employer-sponsored health plans today requesting information regarding how they plan to respond to the Northern District of Texas’s decision in Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra striking down the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement that most health pla... Read More »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) applauded United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai’s signing and presentation of the United States’ instrument of acceptance of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies: “Cracking down on illegal fisheries subsidies protects our n... Read More »
Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement regarding the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: “Twenty-five years ago, the governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom signed the Good Friday Agreement, marking the end of the longest period of conflict in Irish history. It happened because everyone involved acted together in good faith, with both parties giving up... Read More »
