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Dozens of residents have died after a coronavirus outbreak at a Massachusetts nursing home for veterans, and a federal lawmaker is now speaking out. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., weighed in Monday on the situation at Holyoke Soldiers' Home, where 40 veterans have now died, 33 of whom tested positive for COVID-19. "This is an American challenge," Neal said. "It's an international problem,… Read more »

(WWLP)–On Friday, $30 billion in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was distributed to health care providers under the CARES Act Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. It is the first portion of the $100 billion that was included in the CARES Act to support hospitals and health care providers on the front lines of the COVID-19… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD -- Hospitals across Massachusetts will receive more than $841 million in federal funds under the CARES Act Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal announced Monday. The $841 million, sent Friday to 8,746 health care providers, includes $32.1 million for Springfield based Baystate Health. Neal, D-Springfield, is chairman of the powerful… Read more »

What will the $2.2 trillion CARES Act mean for Americans? In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. This conversation was recorded April 9. Listen HERE.  Read more »

Americans who earn less than $99,000 a year can expect to receive stimulus checks from the federal government beginning Monday, Rep. Richard Neal said Thursday on Boston Public Radio. As Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Neal had significant influence over the language that was put into the stimulus bill. Neal said 60 million checks are expected to go out Monday. The… Read more »

Community health centers in Massachusetts will receive more than $36.5 million to assist in combating the COVID-19 outbreak. The funding was awarded under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the state’s congressional delegation and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday. Local recipients include the Caring Health Center in… Read more »

Warning that Massachusetts hospitals could run out of ventilators in a matter of days, members of the state’s federal delegation are pressing officials to fill the state’s request for the highly sought-after medical devices to steel itself against an expected surge of COVID-19 patients. Governor Charlie Baker said Sunday the state had received a shipment of 100 ventilators… Read more »

With nearly 10 million Americans — 330,000 Massachusetts residents among them — filing for unemployment in the last two weeks, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal is asking why the U.S. Department of Labor has yet to distribute emergency administrative funding so states can process the claims. The Labor Department released new data on first-time unemployment claims Thursday. The $2.2… Read more »

Five cities in the 1st Congressional District represented by U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal are getting $4.8 million under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed last week in Washington. Neal, D-Springfield, announced the local grants and recipients. The program is rolling out nationwide under the $2.2 trillion federal economic stimulus plan. The money comes… Read more »

Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal held a telephone town hall Tuesday to answer constituents’ questions about COVID-19. The Democrat from the 1st District hosted the call with Dr. James Lederer, the chief medical officer and chief quality officer at Berkshire Medical Center – the county’s largest hospital in Pittsfield. Lederer addressed a question about what… Read more »