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M/Speaker, I rise today, because looting is underway.
Our Republican colleagues are running the same failed playbook of trickle-down handouts that massively benefit the wealthiest, gut crucial programs that deliver health care and food assistance, all while exploding the deficit.
Every promise made by the Republicans was a lie. Every concern over the national debt… Read more »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after voting “No” on Republicans’ betrayal of the American people under the cover of night:
“Most of this resolution’s spending will enrich the President, his billionaire friends, and the wealthiest Americans, while most of the cuts come on the backs of people doing everything they… Read more »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after reporting that the Trump-Musk Administration forced the IRS to dismiss nearly 7,000 employees just as millions of Americans are preparing to file their tax returns:
“In the middle of tax season, under the deceitful guise of 'efficiency,' the President and his reckless billionaire Cabinet… Read more »
This week, U.S. Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01) and U.S. Congressman Mike Kelly (R-PA-16), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus, formally announced the relaunch of the bipartisan caucus, which leads diplomatic relations between the U.S. House of Representatives and Irish leaders.
Founded in 1981 by Irish-American politicians House Speaker Tip O’Neill,… Read more »
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First markup of the 119th Congress and I’m pleased it’s a bipartisan one.
Today, we are considering four tax administration bills. These bills are all bipartisan, and we thank our colleagues on the other side for working with us.
The first bill, HR 1155, would require the Treasury Department to establish procedures… Read more »
All Ways and Means Committee Democrats, led by Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), are using a key tool for Congress to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch and have introduced a Resolution of Inquiry into DOGE and Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of Treasury’s payment systems. This egregious breach of confidential tax and health information is a dangerous and… Read more »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA) today issued a joint statement on President Trump’s announced 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports:
“We’ve seen this play before: another smoke screen of acting tough from President Trump while doling out exemptions behind closed doors.… Read more »
House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) expressed alarm over Elon Musk and his so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” or “DOGE” lackeys’ access to the sensitive health care information of the American… Read more »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) January 2025 jobs report:
“First jobs report of the Trump era, and we will see a flood of Republicans celebrating a number that pales in comparison to the success of the greatest job creator in history: Joe Biden. The report proves that even in the… Read more »
Ways and Means Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), demanded answers from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on whether Elon Musk and his team of hackers have unlawful and unjust access to confidential taxpayer data protected by Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, and the power to delay or disrupt the 2025 filing season. Treasury’s payment… Read more »
