Press Releases

Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted today’s Supreme Court decision in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, which upheld South Carolina Republicans’ unconstitutional Congressional maps: “This morning’s Supreme Court decision emboldens Republican lawmakers’ relentless war on our electoral system and our democracy itself.… Read more »

Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding Congressman Dwight Evans’ health update: “I know from years of working closely alongside Dwight that you can’t keep a Philly kid down, and send my best as he makes a speedy and full recovery. It is no surprise that he is already using this diagnosis to broaden his constituent… Read more »

(As prepared for delivery) Mr. Chairman, I want to start off by sending my well wishes to our own Dr. Murphy. Praying his surgery is a success and that he’s back on this dais in no time, and in the meantime, I’ll be keeping him and his family in my thoughts. To the topic at hand, you know how I feel about this and for details to emerge from the press last night enrages me. It’s a crime… Read more »

Neal and Wyden Call on U.S. Trade Representative to Negotiate Strong Trade Agreement with Kenya to Boost Protections for Labor, Environment and Support U.S. Workers and Manufacturers Washington, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) called on U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to… Read more »

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act by a bipartisan vote. The legislation previously passed the House within the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act which is currently stalled in the Senate: “Tax Subcommittee… Read more »

Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and Springfield Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Amanda Pham to announce a $4,116,279 earmark to invest in streetscaping surrounding Springfield Union Station.   The allocation was made possible through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.… Read more »

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ways and Means Tax Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Thompson (D-CA) marked crossing a key threshold of 218 signatories on a bipartisan discharge petition to force action on legislation that would provide tax relief in the wake of recent disasters and called on Speaker Johnson to schedule a vote on the… Read more »

Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal celebrated a significant step in bringing the North Adams Flood Chutes Project to fruition.   After being in frequent communication with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) over the last several months, Congressman Neal has secured $700,000 through USACE’s FY24 budget to complete a feasibility study of the project.     “The… Read more »

(As prepared for delivery) Mr. Chairman, we find ourselves back on the Republican road that goes nowhere for the American people and says sky is the limit for the former president. This Committee has reported 30 bills out of Committee and only two have become law.  It’s an utter failure compared to the 116th and 117th Congresses. Now, they dig in even deeper in their… Read more »

Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01) and Congressman Mike Kelly (R-PA-16), Co-Chairs of the Friends of Ireland Caucus, reintroduced bipartisan legislation to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.    The E-3 program, introduced in 2005 as part of the U.S. – Australian trade agreement, has made 10,500 visas available to skilled Australian… Read more »