Press Releases

Springfield, MA – Congressman Richard E. Neal announced today that his office will be hosting the Congressional App Challenge (CAC), an app competition for students in middle and high school. The CAC accepts computer programs (or apps) written in any programming language, for any platform (desktop/PC, web, mobile, raspberry Pi, etc.). The Challenge’s registration and… Read more »

Springfield, MA – Congressman Richard E. Neal announced over $2.4 million for local Head Start programs today. These grant funds were secured through the American Rescue Plan that Congressman Neal helped to write.   “This investment will help our local Head Start programs continue preparing children in western and central Massachusetts for success, and help parents get… Read more »

Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement today after President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Massachusetts State Representative for the 11th Plymouth District, Claire Cronin, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ireland. “I am delighted that State Representative Claire Cronin has been nominated by President Biden to be the next United… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on Child Tax Credit (CTC) Awareness Day: “The advanceable, expanded version of the Child Tax Credit that Ways and Means Democrats included in the American Rescue Plan will give hard-working families timely, life-changing support. In just 24 days, the Biden… Read more »

Springfield, MA – Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means visited Springfield’s Square One on Monday morning to celebrate the success of the expanded Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan and bring awareness to the monthly payments that will begin arriving for eligible families in July. Square One’s President and CEO Dawn… Read more »

Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in California v. Texas, which rejected Republican efforts to overturn the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA): “I am relieved that the Supreme Court rejected Republican efforts to strike down the ACA. The ACA has been a lifeline for… Read more »

(As prepared for delivery) For the past year and a half, we have focused our energies on responding to the devastation, economic uncertainty, and tragic loss of life brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. But today we are meeting with renewed optimism and an eye toward the future: not just our next year of recovery, but also the next decade ahead. We are in a position to look to the… Read more »

Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Biden Administration withdrew a Trump Administration proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rule that would have eliminated broad-based categorical eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and potentially kept millions of Americans from the temporary food… Read more »

Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding President Biden’s resolution of the long-standing Boeing-Airbus trade dispute: “I commend Ambassador Tai and the Biden Administration for resolving one of the longest trade disputes in U.S. history in a manner that delivers for American workers and businesses.… Read more »

Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding President Biden’s resolution of the long-standing Boeing-Airbus trade dispute: “I commend Ambassador Tai and the Biden Administration for resolving one of the longest trade disputes in U.S. history in a manner that delivers for American workers and businesses.… Read more »