(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, M. Speaker. We are here today in these trying and unprecedented times to act on an emergency interim funding package that I am proud has strong bipartisan support. But we did not arrive here without significant efforts by my Democratic colleagues. When we began negotiations with the Senate, we were presented with an insufficient proposal that did not address t... Read more »

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives William Keating (D-MA-09), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) sent a letter to President Trump requesting that ... Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided new details regarding the distribution of the $100 billion Provider Relief Fund Congress established in the CARES Act: “While more must be done to ensure health care providers have the resources they need during the COVID-... Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the 2020 Medicare Trustees Report and 2020 Social Security Trustees Report: “The COVID-19 crisis has illuminated just how vital government programs like Social Security and Medicare are for Americans. In emergencies and during more stable times, millions of families rely on these e... Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA—U.S. Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar requesting HHS address inequities in their initial distribution of funding from CARES Act to ensure hospitals on the frontlines of the COVID-19 epidemic are receiving the funds they need to deliver high-quality care. Massachusetts received nearly $1 billio... Read more »

Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) and Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), sent a letter to President Trump urg... Read more »

Today, Representatives Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Tom Cole (OK-04) led 52 of their colleagues in a bipartisan letter to the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), urging them to utilize the full potential of DOD’s manufacturing base to produce much needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as masks, face shields, gowns and gloves,... Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – In light of several news reports of high levels of transmission of COVID-19 at skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) across the country, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) urged Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to assist these facilities in protecting their residents. The number of COVID-19 cases in the nation’s long-term ... Read more »

RIVERSIDE, CA. – Today, following calls from Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, VA, the Treasury Department, and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced plans to automatically identify and distribute COVID-19 stimulus checks to our most vulnerable veterans. Today’s decision ensur... Read more »

Springfield, MA – Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and Health and Human Services (HHS) Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris thank Congressman Richard E. Neal and the Baker-Polito Administration for their support of our city’s continued efforts on mitigating the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Earlier today, Mayor Sarno and HHS Commissioner Caulton-Harris welcomed the arrival of much needed COVID-19 testing k... Read more »