Press Releases

(As prepared for delivery) Exactly one month ago, for the first time in more than a decade, this Committee held a hearing examining America’s mental health crisis. Our discussion underscored how multidimensional the issue is, touching on factors including gaps in health care coverage, stigma, structural inequities, and workforce supply.  The COVID-19 pandemic only complicated and… Read more »

Tonight, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding President Biden’s first State of the Union address: “Tonight, President Biden spoke directly to the American people, acknowledging their pain and reinforcing the ways our nation is on the path to being stronger than ever. Children are back in school and their parents are back at… Read more »

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued its final permit decision obligating the General Electric Company to perform a cleanup of the Rest of River portion of the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site. “EPA is requiring GE to move forward with the Rest of River cleanup plan documented in the final permit,” said EPA Regional Administrator David W. Cash. “The communities… Read more »

Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.  "Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is historic. Not only will she be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court if confirmed, she has been confirmed by the Senate on a bipartisan basis… Read more »

As Russian forces continue to invade Ukraine, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement.  “The continued invasion by the Russian military is nothing more than an attempt by President Putin to pushback against the looming threat of democratic revolutions that have taken place in neighboring countries over the last thirty years. The resiliency demonstrated by… Read more »

Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means, recognized the final day of National Public Schools Week which ran from February 21st– 25th. The American Recue Plan, that Congressman Neal helped pass and was signed into law in March 2021, secured $355 million for K-12 schools in Massachusetts’ First Congressional District. This important funding ensured… Read more »

Springfield, MA – Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on Russian’s invasion of Ukraine. “I am supportive of President Biden’s measured and appropriate sanctions against Russia. But the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces was unjustified and unprovoked. Putin is a brazen aggressor, acting in dangerous ways that impact Ukraine, its neighbors, and much of Europe.… Read more »

Days away from the one-year anniversary of the House’s passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) hailed the package’s inclusion of a solution to the worsening multiemployer pension crisis. The ARP contained Chairman Neal’s Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021, which stabilized troubled plans, protected… Read more »

Ahead of the first anniversary of the House of Representatives’ passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) reflected on how the Committee’s contributions helped millions of Americans secure health care coverage during the pandemic. Ways and Means Democrats spearheaded provisions that expanded premium tax credits for low-… Read more »

Today, nearly one year after the House’s passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) highlighted the package’s inclusion of transformative tax credits for families and workers. The expanded versions of Child Tax Credit (CTC), Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) put money back… Read more »