Press Releases

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (D-CT) released the following statement lambasting the Trump Administration for their latest abuse of Social Security:   “America was founded as a nation of immigrants, and it remains the foundation of our identity centuries later. Millions… Read more »

Letter Text PDF   Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation - Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Jim McGovern (MA-02), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Seth… Read more »

(As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to Ambassador Greer for being here today. From the economic soft-landing President Trump was handed, it’s only taken him 79 days to inflict permanent damage. Recession odds get higher by the day, following the largest tax and tariff hike in decades. Retirement savings, education plans, new home and auto sales have been… Read more »

WATCH HERE "Mr. Speaker, the proposal that we're hearing from the other side is reckless and irresponsible. What they're saying is what they usually say. Let's complain about the size of the national debt and then let's borrow the money. "For tax cuts to go to people at the very top. I defy anybody on this side to say right now that that's not what happened. In 2017,  they… 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) March 2025 jobs report: “Unemployment is rising, and this seems to be the last report buoyed by Democrats’ blockbuster job creation. Recession odds are getting higher by the day as Trump plagues our economy with the largest tax hike in decades.… Read more »

New JCT Estimate Pegs Cost of Extending 2017 Trump Tax Law at $5.5 Trillion, Up from Previous Estimate of $4.6 Trillion; Republican Plan for Additional Tax Breaks Could Increase Overall Cost of Trump’s Tax Agenda to $7 Trillion WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01), House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan F. Boyle… Read more »

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Senate Republicans released their budget blueprint and attempted to disguise over $5 trillion in spending that will primarily benefit the wealthiest Americans: “Today will go down as the day Republicans liberated themselves from any delusion of fiscal responsibility. They are cooking the… Read more »

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Donald Trump escalated his reckless trade war: “The President just marked for history the moment he steered the American economy away from a path of success and growth and onto a path of higher prices and stagnant growth. People’s 401Ks are down, and Trump’s taken an… Read more »

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted the Trump Administration for its latest attack on the health of the American people with illegal mass firings at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): “The Trump Administration is about to learn what efficiency really means. It’s the vaccines that keep our people healthy each winter, it's the child care… Read more »

(As prepared for delivery)  “Today, we are here fighting back for the people. Trump and Musk’s crusade against Social Security is a five-alarm fire, and in the nearly 90 years of Social Security’s existence, Republicans have put us closer than ever to a missed benefit or the demise of the Social Security Administration. Republicans have relaunched a coordinated attack that they’ve… Read more »