On trips to his neighborhood 7-Eleven during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal notices local newspapers coming off the shelves.
“I can tell you the people are picking up these local papers as well as the national papers,” Neal said in an editorial meeting with The Republican and MassLive on Zoom Thursday.
But local news outlets throughout the country,… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal says that with lines growing at food banks across the country an expansion of SNAP food benefits and money to pay for it will be part of the next recovery bill now taking shape in Washington.
It’s a continuation, the Springfield Democrat said, of the ongoing efforts to get money out into the economy though the hands of people and… Read more »
A second round of coronavirus stimulus checks, including payments for dependent college students, may be in store for millions of Americans in the fourth COVID-19 pandemic relief package in the works on Capitol Hill.
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, in an editorial board meeting with The Republican and MassLive Thursday, said lawmakers had proposed direct payments similar to the ones that have… Read more »
House Democrats are putting the finishing touches on their next legislative response to the coronavirus pandemic, a package that will propose another massive round of aid just as President Trump and Senate Republicans are urging caution on quickly passing new spending.
The bill being drafted by Democratic leadership is expected to include more than $750 billion in aid to state and local… Read more »
EAST LONGMEADOW -- U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said work on another round of federal stimulus for the coronavirus-ravaged economy will be public in “a few days”.
It will have money for hospitals, Neal said, as well as money for state and local governments struggling with revenue losses and increased expenses from the coronavirus… Read more »
EAST LONGMEADOW, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Congressman Richard Neal spent part of his day Wednesday in East Longmeadow.
Neal visited with officials from Excel Dryer. The company has begun producing mobile hand dryers to allow frontline workers to have clean, dry hands wherever they're needed.
The congressman told Western Mass News that could be a vital tool in fighting the… Read more »
EAST LONGMEADOW -- Hand washing is an important weapon in the fight against the novel coronavirus.
But so is hand drying, the folks at Excel Dryer in East Longmeadow reminded the public and U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, on Wednesday.
Company CEO and president Denis Gagnon, his wife, Nancy, and their son, Excel vice president Bill Gagnon, hosted Neal for a factory tour and to show off a… Read more »
Bipartisan momentum is building in Congress to let small businesses get tax-free loan forgiveness while also deducting their expenses, a move that would provide clarity and unusually generous tax benefits.
Top lawmakers in both parties asked the Internal Revenue Service Tuesday to reverse a ruling that would deny those deductions. And senior senators backed legislation that would… Read more »
Law360 (May 5, 2020, 4:58 PM EDT) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission released a report detailing tariff levels for medical supplies needed to combat COVID-19, prompting a congressional leader to call for a 90-day suspension of all tariffs on coronavirus-related medical products.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said in a statement… Read more »
The White House may be trying to pump the brakes on the next round of economic relief being discussed in Congress, but U.S. Rep. Richard Neal said Monday that it’s full steam ahead for House Democrats, who want to provide more aid to state and local governments, as well as hospitals, families and the unemployed.
“We’re writing it now,” Neal told the News Service… Read more »
