SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) joined mayors from across the country to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic’s fiscal impacts on cities and ways Congress can support local leaders as they confront these new, daunting challenges. The United States Conference of Mayors hosted the video discussion, which included Dayton, Ohio Mayor Nan… 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 (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-06), Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), today announced that Massachusetts health care… Read more »
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after convening a conference call with Democratic members of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to discuss the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA):
“This afternoon, Democrats on the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee had a… Read more »
After obtaining an email sent from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Human Capital Office to IRS employees stating that agency employees responsible for answering phones, processing mail, and other “mission-critical work” will not only be required to resume their on-site duties starting Monday, April 27, but also will need to acquire and wear their own personal protective… Read more »
Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR) requested Department of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell consider providing at least $5 billion in loans to over-the-road bus carriers under a program recently enacted by the CARES Act. The Economic Stabilization… Read more »
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R.266, The Paycheck Protection and Health Care Enhancement Act:
“Today, we passed urgent legislation that will provide much-needed assistance to the smallest of small businesses and frontline health care workers. Democrats fought to transform… Read more »
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Thank you, M. Speaker. We are here today in these trying and unprecedented times to act on an emergency interim funding package that I am proud has strong bipartisan support.
But we did not arrive here without significant efforts by my Democratic colleagues. When we began negotiations with the Senate, we were presented with an insufficient proposal that… Read more »
United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives William Keating (D-MA-09), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) sent a letter to President… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD, MA – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided new details regarding the distribution of the $100 billion Provider Relief Fund Congress established in the CARES Act:
“While more must be done to ensure health care providers have the resources they… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the 2020 Medicare Trustees Report and 2020 Social Security Trustees Report:
“The COVID-19 crisis has illuminated just how vital government programs like Social Security and Medicare are for Americans. In emergencies and during more stable times, millions of… Read more »
