Press Releases

BOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that six grantees in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have been selected to receive $2.7 million to assess and clean up contaminated properties under the agency's Brownfields Program. These funds will aid under-served and economically disadvantaged communities around the state in assessing and… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives filed a brief with the Supreme Court regarding California v. Texas: “As our country continues to grapple with the largest public health crisis of our lifetime, the Affordable Care Act has never been as crucial for saving… Read more »

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), and Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), announced that Massachusetts was… Read more »

 Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) today wrote to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urging the department to change its flawed interpretation of the CARES Act preventing businesses from deducting expenses associated with Paycheck Protection… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, after reviewing a U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) report on imports of medical supplies, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) called for a 90-day suspension of all tariffs on products relevant to responding to the COVID-19 public health crisis. The Chairman also urged the Administration to take the measures necessary to… Read more »

Today, a group of Ways and Means Committee Democrats called on the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fulfill the intent of Congress and prioritize assistance for tribal communities amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Federally-recognized Indian tribes face unique and dire challenges in the current economic and public health emergency that… Read more »

Today, Chairs of the House Committees that oversee the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) voiced their strong opposition to a harmful Trump Administration rule that would roll back Affordable Care Act (ACA) nondiscrimination protections. In a letter, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig requesting the IRS promptly provide a public briefing on the COVID-19 economic impact payments authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the conclusion of a phone meeting between the full Committee and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin: “Today, we had an opportunity to get answers from Secretary Mnuchin regarding the implementation of recent COVID-19 legislation and share our priorities… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, MA – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced that recently unemployed Americans would have 60 days after the national emergency declaration for COVID-19 is lifted to sign up for COBRA: “Yesterday’s announcement from President Trump is one step forward, but not a… Read more »